Re: [TCML] Largest arc attainable?

[DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tesla did NOT create a 135 ft long spark.  It was approx 38 ft max.

Richard Hull debunks this myth in his excellent book.

Dr. Resonance

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Bert Hickman <bert.hickman@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> James Shelton wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I'm developing a documentary where we are looking to create the
>> largest possible arc of artificial lightning. Using existing systems
>> - what kind of length could I expect to see, and where does such a
>> system exist? So far, I can find Greg Leyh's Electrum, Bill Wysock's
>> 13M and the Cauac Twin Coils, all of them seem to be able to produce
>> an arc around 50ft in length. However, I read that Tesla himself was
>> able to create artificial lightning arc in the order of 130ft - is
>> this still the record?
>>
>> If you have any suggestions then please do (if you can) include
>> contact details.
>>
>> Thanks Everyone!
>>
>> All the Very Best,
>>
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>>
> Hi James,
>
> The current longest spark record holder appears to be the 492 foot (150
> meter) spark generated by the huge Marx generator at the Siberian Power
> Research Institute (SIBNIIE) at Novosibirsk, Siberia. More details, lots of
> pictures, and a couple of video tours of this, and a similar facility in St.
> Petersburg, can be found here:
>
> http://www.capturedlightning.com/frames/longarc.htm#Longspark
> http://www.capturedlightning.org/hot-streamer/temp/dest/SIBNIIE/index.html
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPPMaDH7L7I
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9DrYSc2_3Y
>
> Bert
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