Re: THOR: First observations on streamer formation (try II)

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

I think the number given is in kV, so that's 1.5 MV.

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 > Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren1-at-iinet-dot-net.au>
 >
 > For my coil with 96 inch sparks by your formula
 >      Sec voltage     = 65 x 96 ^ 0.7
 >                             = 65 x 24
 >                            =  1586 volts
 > This makes my TC a stepdown transformer! (The actual figure from
inductance
 > or capacitance ratios should be 500,000 V)
 > I agree the formula needs to be updated. (I assume there was typo).
 > For my coil which runs at a high 1400BPS it should be:
 >      Sec Voltage    =  20000 x inches^0.7
 >
 > Peter (Tesla Downunder)
 > http://tesladownunder.iinet-dot-net.au
 >
 >  > Original poster: "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-mgte-dot-com>
 >  > In the Tesla Coil Construction Guide there is a graph showing Voltage
vs
 >  > Spark length. It is based on the equation
 >  >    Secondary voltage = 65 x inches^0.7
 >  > This is based on past coiler data and is for continuous sparks from the
 >  > toroid to a ground point. It appears to work OK but I would like to
bring
 > it
 >  > up to date if it needs changing.
 >  > John Couture
 >
 >