Re: Fear Factor

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


The sharp point enabled the spark to "grow" downward a short distance before
branching.  The nearby ground served as an "attractor" for the electrons.
These two reasons prevented sparking back up along the coil sec.  A more
distant ground and no point would cause problems.

Dr. Resonance
 > >
 > >The coil looked very professional and well designed.  I'm curious what
 > >needed to be done to make it run reliably upside down, though.  What
 > >keeps the streamers from simply licking upwards along the secondary?
 > >Streamers rise because of heat.  I'd expect them just to bend upwards
 > >and strike the base.  Is it required to run a breakout on the coil to
 > >prevent that from happening?
 > >