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Re: 100 meter sparks (picture of GE machines!)
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Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks (picture of GE machines!)
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 08:07:32 -0600
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From: Jim Lux[SMTP:jimlux@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 1997 12:34 AM
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Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks (picture of GE machines!)
> Wow, cool pics!! Looks like a Colcroft-Walton arrangement, but... what
> would
> they have used for rectifiers? Cold cathode tubes?
> Do you have any specs or info as to the theory of operation?
I am going to guess that it was two Marx banks. 5 MV with 250 kV/stage
would be 20 stages. The diagonal braces are probably the charging/feed
forward resistors, the caps are in the round towers.