Re: Why a toroid?

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• Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:45:50 -0600 (MDT)
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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 20:32:50 +0000
From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Why a toroid? 

Edward V. Phillips wrote:


>         You need a LARGE radius of curvature in order to keep the
> "breakout voltage" high.  A disk with a sharp edge would have a
> much lower breakout voltage than the toroid, for dimensions which
> gave the same capacitance.

That's certainly true when the power is first applied, but how far
is the breakout voltage compromised once a big sharp pointy streamer
is hanging off of the toroid?  Should it make such a difference then?


-GL

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