Re: Vortices off tops of discharges

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

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> 
> Original poster: "David Thomson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dave-at-volantis-dot-org>
> 
> Hi Dave,
 
> If your assumptions were the mechanics of the vortex I have witnessed,
> then there would be a vortex under many different conditions.

	I would not say so.  Vortexes, while surprisingly stable require
	VERY specific conditions to form.  eg not all storms make
	tornadoes...

> I can only generate the vortex with specific conditions.  Yesterday
> I operated the plasma ball at a much higher energy state than I had
> at the time when I observed the vortex.  There were long streamers
> in the globe, it was solid red in color, and sparks jumped from the
> globe to a fluorescent tube across

> 1 1/2 inches of air, but there was no vortex.
 
> I'll certainly be investigating the vortex in greater depth later.  My
> current view, though, is that it was caused from electrostatics and not
> from fluid or plasma convection.
 
> Dave

	best
	dwp