Re: Highest TC voltage. Comments and data needed (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:38:16 EDT
From: FutureT@xxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: Highest TC voltage. Comments and data needed (fwd)

In a message dated 6/9/2007 11:25:00 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,  
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

Subject:  Re: Highest TC voltage. Comments and data needed

I was just looking at  the Tesla Memorial Society of New York site  
http://www.teslasociety.com:80/teslacoil.htm
which claims:
"...  Voltages can get to be well above 1,000,000 volts and are discharged in 
 
the form of electrical arcs. Tesla himself got arcs up to 100,000,000  volts, 
but I don't think that has been duplicated by anybody  else..".
 
Peter,
 
Some societies, or advertisers like to mention amazingly high  voltages
to startle the public.  Many of the older references thought that TC  sparks
followed a linear  1cm = 8000volts.  Some researchers such  as the Corum
brothers, made the same mistake.   Even using O'neil's incorrect  claim of 
100 foot
sparks for Tesla with that formula still gives *only* 24,000,000 volts  or 
so. 
 
Dr. Resonance's results seem reasonable to me.  I think I  remember
Greg Leyh mentioning 650kV for his 28 foot spark coil.  We'll see  what
Greg and others say.
 
John


I  have sent them a note correcting that.  Measuring TC voltages can be done  
with planar, arrays, single shot length, and water column voltage dividers  
as far as I know.  I remember Dr Res getting results of something  like 850kV 
for his big coils with 20+ feet of arc.
Would anyone like to  comment on documented readings for the biggest coils 
around and an  estimate for Teslas original setup. We really need to have 
something a bit  more definitive to counter the above ridiculous estimates.
I wonder if Dr  Res, Greg Leyh, Jeff Parisse and others could have some input 
in  this.

Peter 






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