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Re: 20 joules at 100 bps vs 4 joules at 500 bps - any difference?

Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

At 10:06 AM 7/12/2005, you wrote: 
hi, crazy people :-)

let`s imagine -  we have 2 tc with equivalent power:

1. 20 joules at 100 bps
2. 4 joules at 500 bps

would the difference in maximum lenght of ground arc be noticeable?
would the difference in ground arcs` brightness/thickness be noticeable?
would the difference in streamers` brightness/thickness be noticeable?


Length ~ SQRT(bang energy)

The 20 Joule system should have arcs SQRT(20/4) = 2.236 times longer.
The higher BPS only seems to make them brighter and more powerful but not longer.

Cheers,

        Terry



i`d like to hear any answers from people, who had built such coils &
had been watching such things in practice.

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Your not coiling unless your blowing capacitors! Then when you get things worked
out to where the capacitors stop blowing, you start blowing transformers.
(c) Richard Quick 11-03-93 20:42