Re: Vortex gap loss measurements

["Jim Lux" <jimlux@jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla@uswest.net>)]

> 
> I have metered a Jacob's ladder to watch the effects of arc 
> length and it showed voltage climbing as the spark rose. The 
> current hardly varied. The changes in arc length were pretty 
> significant and the voltage would have roughly doubled for a 
> change of around 10 in arc length. Agree with all your other 
> conclusions.



Of course, you were driving the arc from a current limited source (i.e. a
ballasted transformer of some sort)?