Re: secondary question

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Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

The funny thing about TC sparks is that they don't do the normal, ohm's law,
common sense things regular dc/constant ac sparks do (which is what makes
TC's more fun than, say, a jacobs ladder or vdg). Sometimes they'll ignore a
direct ground a foot away and go for a brick wall 3 feet away, depending on
which direction the ions ahead of the actual spark try to go. Also, the coil
itself has a electrostatic field around it. Even if the coil were way too
short, the spark would go around the field and hit the bottom or the
primary/strike rail, unless they're the "racing" type.
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Subject: secondary question


 > Original poster: "Steve Zeitler" <zeitler-at-verizon-dot-net>
 >
 > I have seen plenty of coils in person and pictures that produce arcs much
 > longer than the length of the secondary coil. What prevents to voltage
from
 > the secondary from just arcing down it's own length? Its the shortest
path.
 >                                                             Steve Z
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