Original poster: "JT Bowles" <jasotb@xxxxxxxxxxx>....right...... I understand a little more now- but im not electrical engineers such as you guys.
*I am a senior in highschool, people. So, even though ALL of you have good intentions, keep in mind im not as educated as you all, yet. I am trying to remember what 20+ people are telling me, in just two days' emails. Its hard.
This doesnt mean I cant help out new people on this forum. I am still intelligent and experienced.
Thanks Gerry, ill try to understand.
msnip...From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Safety gap issues Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:59:57 -0700 Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>JT, you're not listening. I said you can ONLY use 30KV/cm and a meter stick to calculate breakdown if it is a UNIFORM FIELD. This is rarely the case unless you have two parallel plates where the plate separation is small compared to the size of the plate. The 30KV/cm is a field strength the the air molicule experiences. This field strength may be present only in a very localized volume.Gerry R.Original poster: "JT Bowles" <jasotb@xxxxxxxxxxx> You said:"The breakdown for air is approximately 30KV per cm. This is a local field strength and if the field is uniform (constant) then you can measure the distance to find the total breakdown. The 25KV per inch you found probably assumes a geometry and applies to a short range of distances. "Well holy crap, that throws ALL my measurements with high voltage off a lot. My sparkgap for example is set at 7.5 to 8 mm. That means my sparkgap is set at 22.5kV? NO WAY; MY TRANSFORMER OUTPUTS 12KV ONLY. SO, IF IT WERE SET AT 22.5 KV, IT WOULDNT FIRE WORTH CRAP.THIS MEANS THE FORMULA: 1cm=30KV cannot be correct Thanks a ton for the help, but I THINK you're wrong buddyFrom: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Safety gap issues Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:00:02 -0700