Re: [TCML] Questions on grounding

[bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Likely a small change in power in one direction or the other. A hot gap 
will fire at a lower voltage at a faster rate. A cool gap will fire at a 
higher voltage at a slower rate. I don't think there is a large power 
factor difference. But there is a difference in the resistive losses 
across the gap between the two (to some degree), so there will be some 
change in the non-reactive region. I'm not sure that the differential 
value is even worthy of noting, but it might be. Good question.

Take care,
Bart

Dex Dexter wrote:
> Does that mean that power input (W) increases while apparent power drawn (VA) remains aprox. the same in a cooled static gap tesla transformer?
>
> Dex 
>
> --- chriskarr4@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Hello Joe,
> The reason that a fan on the spark gap helps improve output of a Tesla coil is that it helps to extinguish the arc and blow out the ions. When the ions are all gone, the gap takes a higher voltage to make it break down, which means that there's more 'bang energy', resulting in more energy transferred to the secondary coil and that means larger streamers on the output.
> Christopher
>
>   
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