Re: Ground current to terminal

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Original poster: d a <btoc3000@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Antonio,

I am a bit confused now. The RF current goes into the RF ground and 
get displaced upwards into the terminal (topload).

When we see that there are cornoa discharge at the terminal 
(topload), is it due to the fact that the terminal has stored enough 
charges to cause breakdown into the air? Or is it due to the 
displacement current from the RF ground that goes back to the 
terminal via the air that causes the cornoa?

Thanks!
sam

Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Original poster: stork

Antonio,

What is the path of this current going into the ground, moving just a
bit away from the ground connection and then returning to the terminal?

Stork


> The high current going into the ground doesn't mean
>anything. It just returns to the terminal by displacement current
>after moving just a bit away from the ground connection, without
>producing significant electromagentic waves. The whole system is
>almost purely reactive.
>Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz



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