Re: TC presented by Lord Kelvin, streamer shape

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Original poster: "robert heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

Joyon: Your obsorvation is correct if viewed as DC. To 1/4 wave AC the two
wires are 180o out of phase placing the full secondary voltage between the
wires and causing the wires to arc to each other with high voltage much like
a Jacobs ladder. The chopper contacts of the induction coil should be near
o.5.-1 Kc. The secondary and internal capacitance feeds the spark gap at the
secondary terminals. If the secondary frequency and the chopper are adjusted
to be harmonics of eachother the output could well be tuned to the wire
length quarter wave and generate arcs. Tuning,& SG, would be critical.
    Robert  H

 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:34:58 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: TC presented by Lord Kelvin, streamer shape
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 >
 > Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz 
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>
 >
 > There does seem to be something very strange about this picture as the
 > "electrodes" i.e. the wire loops appear to be short-circuiting the output
 > terminals -yet corona is clearly to be seen between the wires.
 >
 > This is most unlikely unless the frequency of the apparatus were so high
 > that the inductive reactance of the wire loops was appreciable.
 > Does anyone have an explanation for this unusual observation?
 >
 > Jolyon.
 >
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 > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:56 PM
 > Subject: Re: TC presented by Lord Kelvin, streamer shape
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "boris petkovic by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <petkovic7-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 >
 >>
 >> A scan of the picture should be on Hot-Streamer now:
 >> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/corona1.gif
 >>
 >> It's looks like two open loops of wire with corona
 >> in between...
 >>
 > ---
 > At first glance It looks to me like the effect of a
 > bipolar coil of extra high Fr.
 > Not a sure about terminal-loops connections from the
 > picture though (blured).
 > I read "My Inventions" couple of years  ago.I'm going
 > to borrow it from local library again and view the
 > photo better.It is VERY interesting Tesla's bio and a
 > brief summary of his work.
 >
 > Cheers,
 > Boris
 >
 >