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 06:30:49 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

> Original Poster: "Ross W. Overstreet" <ross-o-at-mindspring-dot-com> 
> 
> That is an excellent question that I would love to see answered.  An even
> better
> twist is that I have noticed that after the arcs reach the 30 inch range,
they
> don't seem to "care" as much about the ground rod and seem just as happy
> reaching
> out into space.
> 
> Brian Basura's coil doesn't even seem to like ground rods, even though he is
> producing healthy 4-5 ft arcs!  Yes, I'm sure the rod and the bottom of his
> secondary were adequately grounded... Is there a scientific explanation for
> this
> or is his coil just "confused"? hehehe
> 
> Anyone have any ideas on this one?

My explanation for the "ignoring the ground rod" phenomenon: the 
voltage is not high enough for a direct leap. Instead, successive 
sparks grow in the tracks of their predecessors.

Malcolm

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