RE: Sparkles in the arcs

["Richard Barton" <richardbarton-at-caving5.freeserve.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi
	As a diversion, balance on the top of the toroid, a little candle
night-light, the sort with an aluminium cup around it. Light it, and switch
on (And NOT vice-versa !), and watch a arc coming from the flame
itself ! The flame gets a battering, and splutters, but I've not had it go
out.
					Richard Barton.


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Subject: Re: Sparkles in the arcs


Original poster: "Bert Hickman" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:
>
> Original poster: "Ross Overstreet" <ross-o-at-mindspring-dot-com>
>
> Hi,
> I was playing around with building fires on top of my toroid this weekend
> when I stumbled across an interesting effect.  Burning cardboard
apparently
> liberates lots of carbon particles that make bright sparkles in the brush
> discharge of a TC running at low power levels.  My photo didn't turn out
too
> well, but you can get a rough idea of what I was seeing in the top photo
on
> my "arc pictures" page.
> http://users.better-dot-org/roverstreet/Arc_pics/arcpics.html
>
> I bet the effect would be really spectacular if you get a lot more carbon
> (or whatever made the sparkles) into the air around the toroid.  To repeat
> this, all you have to do is light the cardboard and place it on the edge
of
> the toroid.  Once it develops a small burned spot it will act as a corona
> point.  It works best on the leeward side of the toroid.  Don't burn the
> house (or woods) down.
>
> Seeya,
> Ross-O
> http://users.better-dot-org/roverstreet/index.htm

Ross,

VERY interesting!! These look very similar to the "ball lightning" that
the Corums photographed off their system. Carbon particles are the
likely cause... and there's speculation that similar particles generated
the ball lightning that Tesla observed in his system when he had
secondary flashovers on his systems (with carbon-producing cotton or
gutta-percha (rubber) insulation). Do any of the sparkles last very
long?

-- Bert --

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Bert Hickman
Stoneridge Engineering
Email:    bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com
Web Site: http://www.teslamania-dot-com