Re: Elementary Lecture

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• Subject: Re: Elementary Lecture
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 06:30:33 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

> Original Poster: Brandywine <brandywine-at-writeme-dot-com> 
> 
>    No No No. Obviously sparks emanate from the point of highest potential.
> But why
> do they leap into thin air? No other device that I know of will fo this
> except a
> Tesla Coil. Somebody will say Oudin Coil . OK, TC and it's relatives?

One of the characteristics of a TC is the relatively sudden elevation 
of the top to a high voltage. Even if there is no terminating 
capacitance, a lot of energy can reside in the secondary and reach 
the secondary rather suddenly. One does get coronas from 
electrostatic machines but the energy on tap is rather limited.

?
Malcolm
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