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Re: In vs. Out
From: Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 1997 3:12 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: In vs. Out
Hi John,
> From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com[SMTP:FutureT-at-aol-dot-com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 1997 3:29 AM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: In vs. Out
>
> In a message dated 97-07-29 03:02:21 EDT, you write:
>
> <<
> > I would like to suggest that rather than being held of a measure of
> > resistance (which as we all know is continuously changing), spark
> > brightness is a pretty good measure of current to a first order
> > approximation. Length might be seen as the "sustaining" voltage for
> > an arc. The product of the two would give a first order power
> > approximation. This is only going to work for optimal loading however.
> > Long air streamers are quite dim by comparison and a lot of energy is
> > wasted in the gap under this condition. However, a summation of these
> > spark parameters at _both_ ends of the system could be useful as a
> > total in-system power approximation.
>
> > ???
> > Malcolm
>
> Malcolm,
>
> I like this idea, but how will we obtain optimal loading? Still it could
> give
> us useful information.
> >>
Two ways: minimum gap brightness and/or first notch quench (for those
that have scopes).
Malcolm