Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs. p

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• Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:53:56 -0500
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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
  >>

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

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