Re: this was probably really stupid

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Original poster: Mike <megavolts61-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

 >What could possibly cause lightning to favor a running
 >coil? If it's the high voltage, transmission lines
 >carry hundreds of thousands of volts, yet I've never
 >seen a pattern on the local news when they show plots
 >of lightning strikes.

 >Adam
     A Power line is limited to about 345kV to avoid corona formation 
whereas a Tesla coil produces corona and promotes leader formation 
intentionally.   Now if there is a coiler somewhere in south central 
Florida(lightning capital of the USA) who can build one in a large open 
field and can make a very good ground (which seems to be harder than 
expected here in North Florida - cannot assume a 160 ft deep well casing 
will actually make a good ground here strangely enough),  and finally could 
set up some kind of tower that it at least as tall as a big power 
line.....who know's?     Any coilers in Florida have some money to burn for 
the sake of the ultimate spark length record?
Amusingly,
Mike