Side-wise Vectors?????

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Original poster: "john cooper" <tesla-at-tesla-coil-dot-com> 

All:  This is an old Q that won't go away, if electricity can escape, what 
path will it take?  If it's a cork-screw like path, then which direction 
will it take?  Of course the discharge will take the path of least 
resistance, but why does it 'turn'?  Here's an interesting photo that 
illustrates this:  http://www.tesla-coil-dot-com/images/1974_200.jpg, you can 
see the twisted path that the two lower strikes take, both at about the 
same time, maybe separated by 1/2 second (3 or 4 second exposure).

Anyone that received my 1999 Christmas Card saw another photo of this on 
the back of it that showed two strikes, one cw, the other ccw.  I think 
Counter-Clock-Wise is the norm on this hemisphere.


Cheers,

John F. Cooper
Irvine, CA
www.Tesla-Coil-dot-com
www.FrankensteinsLab-dot-com



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Date:  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:17:10 -0700

 >Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 >The lowest price I've found is from http://www.efi-dot-org/  Mine came in a
 >couple days.
 >Radio Shack used to sell them, but doesn't any more.
 >Amazon sells them, but at $40.
 >
 >Truly an amazing device (if you've ever had to do these measurements the old
 >way, you'll really appreciate it).
 >
 >Terry has a bunch of stuff on hot-streamer where he reverse engineered them
 >to a certain extent.
 >
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 3:55 PM
 >Subject: RE: Power factor correction capacitors for MOTs
 >
 >
 > > Original poster: "Carl Litton" <Carl_Litton-at-hilton-dot-com>
 > >
 > > Great info, Gerry.  Where are they sold?
 > >
 > > Carl Litton
 > >
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:46 AM
 > > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > > Subject: Re: Power factor correction capacitors for MOTs
 > >
 > > Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 > >
 > >
 > > One way is to buy a "KILL_A_WATT" meter ($30) and measure the PF and
 > > then
 > > calculate the PFC needed.  These meters work great and are good upto 15A
 > > of
 > > 120V.  The measure line frequency, VA, real watts, PF, line voltage,
 > > line
 > > current, and energy consumed (like a stop watch).
 > >
 > > Gerry R.
 > >
 > >   > Original poster: "Borislav Trifonov" <bdt-at-shaw.ca>
 > >   >
 > >   > How do I determine the proper PFC cap, or if I even need one, for a
 > >   > MOT?  Mine has been modified by removing the magnetic shunts and
 > >   > reassembling the laminations so that they are interleaved, so I don't
 > > know
 > >   > how that affects the usual numbers used.  I don't know how to measure
 > > PFC
 > >   > and I don't have a scope.
 > >   >
 > >   >
 > >
 > >
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