Giant DC coil to run in Australia

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Original poster: syd <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

For those of you who might be in Australia this month, I'll be running 
CAUAC at three cities of the annual <http://www.bigdayout.com>Big Day Out 
Festival there: Gold Coast, Sydney, and Melbourne. CAUAC has been evolving: 
new spark gap, new diodes, bigger three phase transformer set, and a fire 
element. Prime power is about 100kva and it stands 16 feet tall. Spark 
length? I dunno, fairly long.. there are some new photos and video here: 
<http://www.playahearth.com/sydtesla/coachtesla04/index.html>http://www.playahearth.com/sydtesla/coachtesla04/index.html

I found the slow motion video clips especially interesting as you can 
better see the detail of arc propagation. Also you can see little sparks 
leaping from the ground plane objects just before the big down strikes.

I hope to completely redo the web site upon return from Australia to 
include photos, video, and design notes.

~syd klinge