Re: steam power

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

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "bob golding by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>

> Hi All,
>     Ran my big coil at the museum this weekend to an appreciative
> audience. I ran it for 5 minutes at a time once an hour though out the
> day. I gave a brief introduction then let her rip. The audience was
> underneath the coil behind a metal screen. I don't think we lost anybody
> ;-).

>At the end someone suggested that we try blasting steam at the coil
>to see what would happen! After reading about someone running there coil 
> in the rain I thought we would give it a go. Besides I wasn't the one
> holding the steam pipe :-) The results were spectacular. The sparks were
> a lot longer than  normal and ran all round the toriod.

	There is an extensive literature on the effect of humidity (and
	temperature, and pressure and etc) on the dielectric properties of
	air.  Humidity lowers the breakdown voltage.  So do added particles
	eg water droplets...

	Lookout for strokes coming back down the spray...
	Firemen working near energized HV lines use explicit grounds
	on the nozzles to reduce risks.

	best
	dwp

	best
	dwp