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Re: Re[2]: big plasma ball



Hi Paul,

> Original Poster: "Paul Mathus" <pmathus-at-learningco-dot-com> 
> 
>      Hmmm, obviously i need to do some more research on this.  It hadn't 
>      occured to me that I would need to evacuate the "ball", and thus need 
>      one that could stand the pressure.  I have seen some amazingly strong 
>      geodesic domes built from steel pipe but the engineering is sounding 
>      formidable.
>      
>      Could you explain what you mean by shunt capacitance?

I meant that the ball behaved somewhat like a large capacitor - like 
sticking a huge terminal atop a Tesla Coil.

Regards,
malcolm