Dex,In addition to electromagnetic induction, there is also the phenomenon of electrostatic induction:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_inductionSpace charges (injected by nearby streamers and leaders) will also induce potentials on nearby isolated conductive objects by direct charge deposition via "corona charging". As a result, a sphere, placed outside the range of visible discharges from a Tesla Coil, will rapidly charge a HV capacitor (where the other end of the capacitor is connected to ground). This is markedly different than the RF capacitive coupling that also occurs between secondary/toroid and nearby conductive objects.
Corona charging or corona rectification has been used to make low current HV rectifiers and is currently used in electrostatic copier/printing and polymer pretreatment for printing.
http://tinyurl.com/kputq5 Bert Dex Dexter wrote:
Well,if they remain charged after turning off the coils (for a longer time) that can't be induction. Dex --- jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: From: jimlux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Subject: Re: [TCML] My first tesla coil Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:33:18 -0700 Dex Dexter wrote:Hi Peter, I'm not sure how to explain it,but I guess the insulated sphere remains charged to some potential between two separate tesla coil bangs.There is something more curious with such things.Do you know that SG coils can charge nearby insulated objects even without arcing to them?How to explain that?Charging by induction.._____________________________________________________________ Washington DC's Largest FREE Email service. --->http://www.DCemail.com ---> A Washington Online Community Member --->http://www.DCpages.com _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
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