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

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Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Terry,

Seems like keeping the bang energy constant and increasing the BPS is 
putting more power into the system and eventually, you will hit the limit 
of your toroid to reach out further.  The increased power can then only go 
into fatter, hotter,  and more numerous streamers.

Gerry R.


> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In the case of the DRSSTC, we can easily hold the bang energy almost 
> exactly constant while running the BPS form 40 to 6000 BPS!!  After about 
> 100 BPS, the streamers just don't seem to get much longer.  They do get hotter.