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Re: and oddity or a normality?
Original poster: ajones18-at-bellsouth-dot-net
In <6.0.0.22.2.20031130114227.0248b178-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>, on
11/30/03
at 11:42 AM, "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> said:
>Original poster: "Christopher 'CajunCoiler' Mayeux" <cajuncoiler-at-cox-dot-net>
>A couple of hours after first light, it was finally dark enough outside
>that I could finally fire it up again, and see all that the streamers
>were doing, big and small.
>That's when I noticed something that intrigued me severely... there was a
>constant corona discharge going on, between the top secondary winding and
>the strike rail. Not intense enough to form a full-on streamer, but more
>of a lavender glow, that was all the way around like an electric
>veil/curtain.
>Is this a common phenomenon? Or am I seeing something rare? ---
>Christopher 'CajunCoiler' Mayeux
>http://www.cajuncoiler.tk
I used to see that on a short bi-polar coil I had years ago. Almost looked
like a shell around the entire coil.
73,
Alan
KI4ATV
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