Re: Sword-like VTTC spark pix at my website

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Fucian-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 2/7/01 8:15:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< Hans,
 
 A coiler named John Kent has built a spark gap coil which ran at a moderate
 bps, and gave a most unusual straight-ish spark from the top of 
 a sherical top load.  This spark, which was similar to my sword like
 VTTC spark, actually rotated like a corkscrew or vortex.  He called this type
 of spark a "sprite".  I've never heard of this type of spark from anyone
 else.  It was a rather remarkable thing to see.  As the coil ran, this
 condition would occasionally disappear, and a normal type of spark
 would form.  Then at some point, one could see the corkscrew effect
 starting to form again.  It was very interesting, and it would be 
 interesting to experiment with such effects.   I realize that spherical
 toploads often form a straight spark, but this was somewhat different
 than other cases I've seen.
 
 JOhn Freau
 
 
 
 
  >>
My coil does that a lot.I have a 3in coil and use a sperical topload on it to 
creat the effect.I aslo place a paper clip on top and away it goes.Too bad I 
dont have a camera to take its pic but it looks like the sword streamer.It 
doesnt stay stable long tho.

matt