Re: Seibt: Visualizing Standing Waves on a Resonator by Corona

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Original poster: "Gary Peterson" <g.peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

To the Tesla Coil Builder's List,

Thanks for all of the good information.  I'll see what can be done 
about getting a Seibt demo apparatus up and running at the Long 
Island Tesla Conference.

On a related subject, after reviewing our budget we have been able to 
revise the conference fee schedule downward.  We hope this will 
result more interest in the event than has been expressed so 
far.  See http://www.ntmsc.org/conferences/2006/registration.htm for 
the new reduced rates.

Best regards,
Gary Peterson

> Subject: Re: Seibt: Visualizing Standing Waves on a Resonator by Corona
>
> Original poster: William Beaty <billb@xxxxxxxxxx>, et al
>
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Tesla list wrote:
>
> > No pics of sparks yet. I've found the only way I can see the corona
> > is in full and complete darkness. This isn't the type of coil that is
> > spectacular like a Tesla Coil. This coil "really" needs to be
> > complete darkness to see the corona wave patterns.
>
> I wonder if the best gas to use is air.
>
> Argon at 1atm pressure is fairly easy to experiment with.  WIth a big
> transparent plastic bag, and Argon bleeding in via a tube at the bottom,
> soon you have a pure argon environment.  Argon is a bit heavy, plus it's
> cold as it exits the regulator, so it tends to pool at the bottom and push
> the air out.   SUpposedly the same is true of Neon, but I haven't messed
> with it yet.
>
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