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Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs. p
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Subject: Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs. p
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:53:56 -0500
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Sent: Monday, July 28, 1997 2:50 AM
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Subject: Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs. p
> HI all,
> Some results obtained from the mini-coil experiments suggest
> that resonant frequency doesn't actually have a great deal to do with
> spark appearance....
> I noticed no substantial difference between the streamers I obtain an
> higher powered systems and the coils in questions. Flame-like sparks
> were obtained but only at high break rates (e.g. 400 BPS). I wonder
> about the applicability of equations describing things at atomic level
> to large sparks.
> Malcolm
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Malcolm,
Thanks for the info. I think I mistakenly attributed the plasma appearance
to high frequency effects...this may be because many HF coils may also
tend to use high break rates. It makes sense now that I think about it
more, that the plasma appearance is more related to break-rates than
frequency.
John Freau