RE: Vortices off tops of discharges

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Original poster: "Richard Wayne Wall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>

Jim Lux,

Are you saying that Dave's plasma vortex is definitely due to rising heat?

RWW


> 
> Any source of heat in a quiet air environment will tend to generate a
> tornado like vortex.  It's a very stable flow configuration, and small
> edges in the flow region shed small vortices to get it started.