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Re: Passive Ballasting for DRSSTC - My thoughts before Ed Wingates Teslathon



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