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Re: A blinding flash of the obvious
Subject: Re: A blinding flash of the obvious
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 00:40:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
At 12:39 AM 5/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Subject: A blinding flash of the obvious
> Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 16:58:57 -0500
> From: rickh-at-ghg-dot-net (Rick Holland)
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>References:
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>Tesla List wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> I have long said that as the spark length grows, the power required goes
>> up
>> incredibly and dramatically. This is regardless of skill level.
>> Whether
>> the builder uses a giant toroid, giant coil, or not. Anyone who is
>> observant and is used to working over 5-8 Kva will agree with this. In
>> low
>> power coils, 300 watts per foot is a good rule of thumb. To about 20
>> feet
>> of spark, this rule ups to about 1KW/foot! Beyond 30 feet, another
>> world is
>> entered entirely. These rules of thumb assume better than average
>> skills.
>>
>> Richard Hull, TCBOR
>
>Richard, All
>
>I know this can't be an original thought, but it seems that air pressure
>would have a distinct effect on TC operation. Imagine operating a TC in
>a rarefied environment! I think it would be much like the operation of
>gas discharge tubes. And with the proper resonating cavity and a couple
>of superb reflectors, a TC excited laser! The mind boggles!
>
>--
>
> Rick Holland
>
> The Answer is 42.
>
>
Rick,
Yeah it has been though of hundreds of times by hundreds of coilers.
the
sparks won't grow that much until you can't breathe anymore though.
(100mm
pressure or lower). Thats a big vacuum chamber!
Richard Hull TCBOR