RE: Jonathon's 6" Coil (fwd) -> Streamer length to voltage (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:54:33 -0400
From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Jonathon's 6" Coil (fwd) -> Streamer length to voltage

I thought that the consensus was that streamer length is not a useful
predictor of voltage.  I think TC sparks are like Jacobs Ladder sparks,
in that they grow over time from a much smaller length that IS based on
the actual voltage.  How TC sparks grow and how far they'll grow is
based on many factors that are not well understood.

In all the years I've been on this list, I've not heard of anyone
devising a method of actually measuring the topload voltage.  The best
that may be done is equating the primary bang voltage/energy to
secondary voltage/energy and coming up with a theoretical maximum Vsec,
assuming no (ha!) losses.  I guess no one can prove your claimed voltage
wrong so you can claim anything you like (unless you exceeded the
theoretical maximum), but in scientific circles, there would be
skepticism.

I too would be interested in where your length-to-voltage data
originated, and more importantly, how it was verified.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:43:54 -0500
> From: resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Jonathon's 6" Coil (fwd)
>
> Nice to hear you have your coil running properly.
>
> BTW, 46 inch streamers represent around 240 kV in Tesla coil service.
>
> Resonance Research Corp.
> www.resonanceresearch.com