Re: Fluorescent Lamps

["Metlicka Marc" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

ted,
this is a very good question, i have had small coils light every
florescent tube in the house, and large coils not light a tube three
feet away? i also was curios, so i'm on the same boat as you with this
one. i know the frequency has allot to do with it, but could it be that
if your getting close to all your output into the streamer, the radiated
energy is not sufficient for tube light? i'll be intrigued with the
reply's. also as a side note, i once leaned a 4' tube against the table
a medium sized coils primary was on, the top electrode of the tube
sprayed a brush discharge, just like a vttc? was there resonance in the
gas of the tube?
marc