Re: observations (pulsed sparks)

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• Subject: Re: observations (pulsed sparks)
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:40:07 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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In a message dated 99-10-23 08:22:56 EDT, you write:

<< 
> Actually what I observed was;  When I turn up my variac for the NST. the
> toroid will begin discharging slowly at first and emit sparks at about 1
> spark every second or so. As the variac is increased, the sparks become more
> rapidly discharged. When slowly discharging at a slow rate, I could watch
> the clear bulb dim during this discharge. Have I confused everyone yet??
>    George Stein
  >>

George,

Does, the spark gap also fire every second or so in synch with the
toroid sparks?  Or does the spark gap fire continuously despite the
one-a-second toroid sparks?  This would be the harder-to-explain case
probably.

John Freau

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