Re: BL Re: (Holy) Crap!

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Original poster: "Krohns" <2halice@xxxxxxx>

I have a 3' tall Jacob's ladder, that has a gap at the top of 2.5".  I drive
it with approximately 17KV @ 90mA and it can hold a plasma arc indefinitely.
The arc dances and swirls around.  It's really quite cool looking.  I have
to walk up to it and blow it out or turn off the power.  If you would like
to see it, I can make a video and post it on my web site.  Email me because
I'm so busy I don't have time to follow threads.

My email address is 2halice@xxxxxxx

Hal



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Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:06 PM
Subject: BL Re: (Holy) Crap!


> Original poster: <davep@xxxxxxxx>
>
>  >
>  >      So for such a typical setup as a medium-powered Jacob's ladder,
>  > it's possible for plasma to "dwell" for ostensibly dozens of
>  > milliseconds. I would guess that introducing an order of magnitude of
>  > additional mass into the arc (water) would increase the mass of the
>  > plamsa, and thus allow an order of magnitude increase in the "dwell"
>  > time.
>      This touches on some possible BL results mentioned years ago
>      at one of the Tesla Cons.  If I Recall, they had started with
>      a high power coil, operats as one portion fo the Colorado Springs
>      Notes indicated that rig was run (I disrecall details:
>      Look it up...  8)>>) when 'fireballs' were observed.  It was
>      found that the modern replication worked best with insulated
>      wire electrodes, which was speculatively linked to Tesla's
>      use of rubber covered wire: either would tend to 'seed' the
>      plasma.
>
>      It is also worth noting that, while plasmas commonly 'go out'
>      rapidly, when power is removed, my understanding (Comments?)
>      and occaisional. informal, opbservation is that they can
>      persist for seconds or so after power is removed.
>
>      Back to possiility of seeding.  'some' of the 'almost like
>      wild BL' observations have occurred in submarines, and hydro
>      power stations:  High Humidity.
>      Related?  Dunno.
>
>      best
>       dwp
>
>