Re: Long, Continuous, Steady Streamer Phenomena

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Original poster: "James B by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <zebulan123-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I have run a small coil 3" dia and gotten almost beams
as opposed to tradishonal sparks, they last up to a
min, I have never timed them. They are fat and seem to
be rotating. I put up a post a long time ago on the
matter and got no reply. The coil i used had less than
500 secondary turns and was powered from a 12kv 60 ma
NST. I have almost reproduced this effect with a coil
having more secondary turns but the "sparks" are more
fan shaped than a whip like beam. I have no pics but
will set the system back up and take some if anyone is
interested. I to first noticed this on a smooth
top-load but was able to get the same results from a
dryer duct.
--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Perhaps the air remains ionized long enough between
 > breaks... I would say if you run big coils outside
 > then
 > the air doesn't stay put long enough for this to
 > happen. (ie wind) But small coils inside...
 >
 >
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
 >  > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 >  > <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Was wondering if anyone else had the following
 >  > streamers at least with their
 >  > mini coils.  I find that every once in awhile if
 > a
 >  > streamer breaks out on an
 >  > extremely smooth portion of the toroid, that
 >  > the streamer will appear to remain in one (at
 > least
 >  > visibly)
 >  > steady-continuous streamer which seems to
 > slightly
 >  > "glide" across the toroid
 >  > surface.  These streamers typically live for up
 > to
 >  > 2-10 seconds at a time
 >  > and are EXTREMELY impressive looking compared to
 >  > typical streamers.
 >  >
 >  > Anyone know what the theory of action of these
 >  > long-living streamers are????
 >  > I know Gary Laus minicoil frequently produces
 > them
 >  > as well as my mini coil
 >  > now.  However, I don't think I've ever seen
 >  > them occur on larger tesla coils.
 >  >
 >  > The Captain
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >