Re: [TCML] flourescent light trick

[drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx (David Rieben)]

Hi Scott,

My guess would be that the breakout point isn't allowing 
your topload capacitance to reach nearly as high of a po-
tential before breaking out so therefore, it isn't spewing as
much RF energy into the air with the breakout point in 
place as it is w/out the breakout point. A coil with a top
load so large that it is unable to breakout puts out  much 
more RF energy than it does when it is able to "spark"
because nearly all of the system energy is able to go to-
wards RF generation with no energy "wasted" in the 
generation of the plasma of the sparks. This is why
you would be more likely to draw the unwanted attention
of the FCC with a "non-sparking" coil than one that was 
sparking. That's a good thing for us coilers since most
of us are in this hobby for the sparks ;^)

David Rieben

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx> 

> 
> Hey all, 
> I noticed an interesting thing last time I ran my 6-in coil. When I use a 
> breakout point, touching a fluorescent tube to the ground made it lite up very 
> dim, as compared to held in the air. alternatively, when I did not use a 
> breakout point, the tube would light up much brighter if one end was touched to 
> the ground. if you were more than 15 feet or so away from the coil, it would 
> not light at all (which makes sense). Why is there such a difference between 
> using a breakout point? Thanks. 
> 
> Scott Bogard. 
> 
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