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Re: Sparklength inquiry



> Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>


> > What is the 'energy sharing' effect?
> 
> Start with some E going to one resonator. Vo = SQRT(2E/Cs)
> Now halve E going to that resonator. Output drops by only SQRT(2).
> Let the other half E go to another resonator. You now has a potential
> difference between them of 2SQRT(E/Cs) which is SQRT(2) higher than
> the p.d. developed by the one resonator.

Indeed.  I had never thought of it in those terms.
Twice the voltage for only twice the energy (instead
of 4X the energy for a single coil.)  Another way to
think about it is that a twin coil 'cheats' the 
square-law curve, for power vs sparklength .
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