Re: Tesla magnifying transmitter

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• Subject: Re: Tesla magnifying transmitter
• From: "Megavolt Nick" <tesla-at-fieldfamily.prontoserve.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 21:03:19 -0700
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Hi All,
           I have heard figures in the region of 100MV quoted for lightening
strikes and peak current of similar magnitude.  There is a minimum voltage
you need to form an ionized path, then the spark growth is a matter of
current.  The minimum voltage is not 3kV/cm or some similar brown commonly
used fertiliser.  The calculation, when done as a field calculation, is
quite simple but not too reliable as the breakdown field gradient of air is
very variable.

Regards
Nick Field

> Original Poster: Mike Nolley <mnolley-at-mail.slc.edu>
>
> > > Longest sparks were 31 feet or so, highest voltage was maybe 1/2 to
> > > 1 million volts or so at the very most, I would think.
>
>     Coils like current--voltage is less important.  500,000 volts at 200ma
> and 5 A would give you radically different spark lengths.  For example,
> lightning strikes are rarely over a million volts (or am I wrong?) and the
> strike lengths are in the order of hundreds and hundreds of feet--due to
> huge amperages.
>                 -Mike
>
>
>

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