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Re: Secondary Construction
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To: tesla@grendel.objinc.com, KLINEDA@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu, QUANTUM@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu, WMEYER@scientia.up.ac.za, bhaley@shore.net, frerichs@zfe.siemens.de, froula@cig.mot.com, haba@snakemail.hut.fi, jetter@ix.netcom.com, scott@csustan.csustan.edu
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Subject: Re: Secondary Construction
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From: Esondrmn@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:13:47 -0400
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In a message dated 95-10-03 22:34:01 EDT, tesla@grendel.objinc.com writes:
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>> Point taken, but...
>> Can anyone explain why sparks would prefer to travel down the inside
>> of the former (winding) rather than the outside ?
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>thppppppth! Oh, sorry, had to dust off some neurons. I'd guess that the
>magnetic flux density tends to be greater inside the secondary, and
>without the added dielectric of the end caps, arc form more easily.
>Anyone else?
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>Stan Harle
>Alamogordo, NM
With a couple of million volts, who knows. Sometimes the discharges just
kind of go where they want.
Ed Sonderman