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Re: BLOWER GAP EXPERIMENT



Original poster: "Krohns" <2halice@xxxxxxx>

Hi Alan,

Thanks for your feedback!

I was a little concerned about the color of the arcs.  In "blow mode", the
blower gap arcs are purple and easy on the eyes.  In "suck mode" the arcs
are blue and extremely bright.  For others who might be interested, the
address to my 12 meg blower gap video is:
http://www.halice.com/physics/blower_gap_II.mpg.

Hal


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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: BLOWER GAP EXPERIMENT


> Original poster: "Alan" <rainylake@xxxxxxx>
>
> Just a note to say I enjoyed the video. Looked like it quenched well.
Think
> I might give it a try.
>
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:01 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: BLOWER GAP EXPERIMENT
>
> Original poster: "Krohns" <2halice@xxxxxxx>
>
> I decided to keep it simple while building my first Tesla coil, so I
> built myself a sucker gap.  After reading Gary Lau's sucker gap page,
> I thought that I'd test the gap as a blower instead of a
> sucker.  (Sounds like Spaceballs.)  I got some interesting results; I
> had arcs that were straight across the gap, others that took a
> parabolic path and still others that went all over the place.  If you
> would like to see video of this weirdness, click on the link
> below.  I would love some feedback from someone who can explain what
> is happening.
>
>
<http://www.halice.com/physics/blower_gap_II.mpg>http://www.halice.com/physi
> cs/blower_gap_II.mpg
>
> The gap width is 0.36".  The tranformer array is 15KV @ 90mA.  The
> variac is 140 volt @ 15 amps.  The "blow" is supplied by my handy
> dandy shop vac, running at 40-120 volts.  AND the video is 12 megs in
size.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from someone who knows a whole lot more than I.
>
> Hal
>
>
>