Re: explanation of sparks into air needed

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Original poster: "robert heidlebaugh" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

Jim: your question is valid. To use the KISS principle consider a glass of
water. if gour glass will hold 250 Ml and you add 300 ml of water the excess
will spill out. The toroid has a specific amount of electrons it will hold
as the size and shape will determin. when the total volume of electrons is
exceded the excess will spill out like smoke into the air. once that point
is surpassed the air conducts and the resistance of the air drops spilling
out more of the contained electrons untill all electrons form a spark of
ionized air , noise, and light. Then you re- fill the toroid to cause the
electrons to spill out again. If the toroid is to large no sparks will form.
if the toroid is to small small sparks will form that are not impressive.
       Robert   H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:16:36 -0600
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 > Subject: explanation of sparks into air needed
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 > Resent-Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:19:33 -0600
 >
 > Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > I'm looking for a good short explanation of how sparks can go into air from
 > a charged object. The problem I'm having is trying to explain that not all
 > sparks have to go from one place to another place, partly because my
 > audience has a hard time conceptualizing the idea of a high field that can
 > cause a breakdown.
 >
 >