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(Bizarre) Strange Spark Phenomena
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: (Bizarre) Strange Spark Phenomena
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 01:12:01 -0600
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From: FutureT@aol.com [SMTP:FutureT@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 1998 8:47 AM
To: tesla@pupman.com
Subject: Re: (Bizarre) Strange Spark Phenomena
In a message dated 98-02-04 13:41:41 EST, you write:
<< >a ringing in the arc itself, or some harmonic action, etc. Or maybe
> >there's a better explanation. Whatever it is, it's very bizarre, and
> >I've never seen anything like it in other types of coils.
> This is a CW tube coil? Impulse driven coils don't have long before their
> energy dissapates. On the order of 10's of microseconds, I think. Not much
> time for anything interesting to happen.
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Scott,
It's a CW tube coil, but run in pulsed mode. It's on for one
full 60Hz AC half cycle, then off for a selectable number of half cycles.
(Usually off for 4 to 40 cycles.) The coil is partially dismantled at
present, so my further observations will have to wait.
John Freau