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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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