Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 4 May 2005, at 21:31, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "Gerald Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> The coil was a classical spark gap (either static SG or SRSG) TC
> powered from NST's. The phenominum occured at 500W and 1KW power
> levels (and using a smaller coil as well). I can draw a 5 foot arc
> and there would be a 3 or 4 inch segment of the arc close to but not
> touching the grounded strike point that would be about twice as bright
> as the rest of the arc. The position of the segment would not change
> from one streamer to another.
>
> Gerry R
I think you'll find that's about where the streamer emanating from
the coil meets with a leader coming from the target.
Malcolm