Re: [TCML] Sudden and unexplained destructive racing spark flashovers

["Quarkster" <quarkster@xxxxxxx>]

Phillip -

Well, at that distance it's pretty unlikely that the ground rod had any 
influence on the failure.

Herr Zapp
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Slawinski" <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Sudden and unexplained destructive racing spark 
flashovers


> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pslawinski/3666404239/  A picture says a
> thousand words.
>
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 21:33, Quarkster<quarkster@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Phillip -
> >
> > In your flickr photo 
> > (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pslawinski/3666083302/),
> >
> > how far away from the surface of the secondary coil is the ground rod?
> >
> > The lower half of the secondary (that's facing the ground rod) seems to 
> > be
> > "spiderwebbed" with faint blue surface arcs.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Herr Zapp
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Slawinski"
> > <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 4:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TCML] Sudden and unexplained destructive racing spark
> > flashovers
> >
> >
> > > I caught a pretty spectacular shot of the secondary failure.
> > >
> > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pslawinski/3666083302/
> > >
> > > Also I should point out that my DRSSTC has a 12" long secondary, and
> > > 12"x3" toroid.
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