Re: Differences between "bad" streamers and "good" streamers

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Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>

Hi,
The first thing I noticed in your spec sheet that may be the culprit, is
your spark gap.  I am assuming that there may be some quenching issued with
the present setup.  I would think that a multi gap would assist you greatly.
BTW, I think that 36" is pretty good for having just fired it up!

John Richardson
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Subject: Differences between "bad" streamers and "good" streamers


 > Original poster: "Zagarus Rashkae by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <arbitrarily_random-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi All,
 >
 > I have recently built a Tesla coil and fired it up. At
 > best, it produced thin, wimpy, purple 36 inch
 > streamers at first light Specs can be found at
 > http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/lulabs/Tesla.html
 > The power input is maybe 1.5-2.5 kW. I haven't
 > measured it yet.
 > Spark images are at
 > http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/lulabs/images/sparks/
 > I don't know what is causing these sparks to be so
 > thin and purple. I have also noticed that sparks don't
 > break out easily without a breakout point. Is it
 > because I haven't tuned the coil right? Is it the
 > toroid? Is it the ground? Is it the capacitor? Input
 > power? Please help.
 >
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