Re: Side-wise Vectors?????

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Original poster: "john cooper" <tesla-at-tesla-coil-dot-com> 

So, maybe, it's the coil's discharge orientation to the earth's magnetic 
field that determines the direction of the cork-screwing-like path?  That 
could explain the cw or ccw direction discharges may take.  But, if cw & 
ccw strikes both go in the same direction, what does that make it?  Perhaps 
a random (quantum) choice?

Cheers,

J. Cooper
Irvine, CA
www.Tesla-Coil-dot-com
www.FrankensteinsLab-dot-com

 > > Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds"
 > > <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 > >
 > > Hi John,
 > >
 > > I think the "path of least resistance" is not to be
 > > interpreted literally.
 > > It also is dependent on magnetic fields which may
 > > account for the cork screw
 > > path.
 > >
 > > Gerry R.
 >-----
 >The effects of TC B-fields to secondary sparks paths
 >and shapes here is almost negligble.Especially in the
 >case of a disruptively operated coil,external E-fields
 >influence much more.
 >-----
 > >
 > >
 > >  > Original poster: "john cooper"
 > > <tesla-at-tesla-coil-dot-com>
 > >  >
 > >  > All:  This is an old Q that won't go away, if
 > > electricity can escape, what
 > >  > path will it take?  If it's a cork-screw like
 > > path, then which direction
 > >  > will it take?  Of course the discharge will take
 > > the path of least
 > >  > resistance, but why does it 'turn'?  Here's an
 > > interesting photo that
 > >  > illustrates this:
 > > http://www.tesla-coil-dot-com/images/1974_200.jpg, you
 > > can
 > >  > see the twisted path that the two lower strikes
 > > take, both at about the
 > >  > same time, maybe separated by 1/2 second (3 or 4
 > > second exposure).
 > >  >
 > >  > Anyone that received my 1999 Christmas Card saw
 > > another photo of this on
 > >  > the back of it that showed two strikes, one cw,
 > > the other ccw.  I think
 > >  > Counter-Clock-Wise is the norm on this
 > > hemisphere.
 > >  >
 > >  >
 > >  > Cheers,
 > >  >
 > >  > John F. Cooper
 > >  > Irvine, CA
 > >  > www.Tesla-Coil-dot-com
 > >  > www.FrankensteinsLab-dot-com
 > >  >
 >-----
 >Regards,
 >
 >Boris
 >
 >
 >