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Re: Passive Ballasting for DRSSTC - My thoughts before Ed Wingates Teslathon
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- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:35:31 -0600
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Original poster: "Daniel McCauley" <dhmccauley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Steve,
My test was using a 2 foot arc. Next time i have the set-up up i will run
tests at different distances to see
what changes that makes.
Dan
> Dan, did you measure any difference in arc current with say a 2 foot
> arc and a 4 foot arc? I would imagine the shorter arcs might have
> more current through them (Assuming you have the coil running full
> power in each case), but this is dependent on what the actual
> impedance of the ionized channel is. I suppose i can test this
> myself if you havent already. Actually... im wondering why i havent
> performed this test yet.
> Thanks.
> Measured peak arc current of my DRSSTC II system is 3.6A peak. I'd be
> curious to see what
> Steve's coil did.
>
> Dan