GMHEICSLR - altitude correction??

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

I just realized that altitude may affect the GMHEICSLR too!!  I am at 5300
feet...

I'll have to look at the charts like:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/SGapVolt.jpg

to see if I should reduce the "record" length for people at lower altitude!!

From:

http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/~autowx/

looks like I am at about 25.05 inches of mercury here...  If 760mm (29.92")
is standard then I am at 636.27/760 = 0.8372  that is off the chart I have
but maybe the "sea level record is more like 13.25 x 0.8372 = 11.1 inches??

I'll have to look into this!!  I think someone got near that??

Cheers,

	Terry


At 11:25 AM 10/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Yes, thank you.  I don't think that I can enforce a length reduction formula 
>based upon weather conditions & air pressure, but I probably ought to 
>collect some data stating the altitude where each coil was operated, and 
>consider that should that entry be tied in length and VA's with another entry.
>
>Gary Lau
>MA, USA
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>Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
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>Tesla list wrote:
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>> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
><Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>
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>> Stay tuned for the final rules compilation...
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>Just a note: spark or streamer length depends on the conditions of the
>air. Humidity makes a big difference, pressure (or altitude) too, and
>also temperature. So, these things should be mentioned when claiming
>spark lengths.
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>Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
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