Re: Ion Motors / Electrostatic Pendulum

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Chris,

On 19 Jul 01, at 8:04, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> >Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
> ><m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>
> >Every coil ever made is capable of operating in a "before breakout"
> >condition. Dead simple to do. Just close the gap up until the primary
> >energy falls below that required to generate enough voltage in the
> >secondary to allow breakout.
> 
> They arc at 50VAC input right now....still getting 6" streamers ans racing 
> arcs...it's way out of tune.....working on it.
> 
> 
> A dramatic demonstration of this was the
> >sshot testing of Electrum. From memory the figures were: Vp = 34kV;
> >no breakout. 35kV; 7 foot air streamers.
> 
> 1. How did they run Electrum in SS mode?
> 2. Any pics? :)

I don't have any. There are lighted photos of Electrum elsewhere on 
the web. Greg's website would have some I imagine.
      To do the sshot tests, you use a low current supply to slowly 
charge the caps and set the gap to a width for a specific shot of 
energy.

Malcolm