Re: are voltage data Was: ark voltage

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Antonio: Just a moment of input. I like your photo. I use 1/2 sphere (
point/cup) rectifiers for high voltage with good results. They work as well
as diodes with only one stage. No they are not high current, but they
transpher high voltage well.( over 100 kv)
  Robert  H  

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> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 19:31:47 -0600
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> Subject: Re: are voltage data Was: ark voltage
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> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> 
> Hi Antonio,
> 
> Thanks for sharing your electrostatic machine photo's. It is a beautifully
> built machine! The spark capture is also
> quite clear (great job). Regarding the ball-plane affect with positive and
> negative charges, does this affect "not"
> occur in ball-ball gaps?
> 
> Bart
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
> 
>> Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
>> 
>> Tesla list wrote:
>>> 
>>> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz
>> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>> 
>>> ...there are
>>> many other interesting properties to explore which hopefully will lead to a
>>> better understanding
>>> of our gaps.
>> 
>> Something that I have never seen quantified is the apparent difference
>> in breakdown voltage for positive and negative terminals, and the weird
>> behavior of ball-plane gaps, that produce sparks (capacitor discharge)
>> practically only when the ball is the positive side. With opposite
>> polarity there is just corona, or very short sparks.
>> http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/wazlspk.jpg
>> This is a spark from my recently built Wehrsen electrostatic machine:
>> http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/wazwork.jpg
>> 
>> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
> 
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