Re: RE: WinTesla Equations Version 5.5

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <leehennes-at-cox-dot-net>

Hi all...

A useful formula taken from empirical data in high voltage engineering is:

V= 2440 d + 61 d^2

V: voltage in kv
d: gap in inches

This is for average conditions at sea level so it too only gives reasonable
estimate but i believe it more accurate than WinTesla.

Lee

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> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: 2002/10/25 Fri PM 01:30:20 EDT
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: RE: WinTesla Equations Version 5.5
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> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>
> 
> I would suggest that WinTesla make no attempt to calculate static gap
> spacings.  This is something that must be determined experimentally, since
> everyone's electrode geometry (and altitude!) will be different.  While a
> ballpark figure would be useful, I fear that nubies seeing a figure
> generated by a widely used computer program would take that as Gospel and
> make no further attempt to set the gap experimentally.
> 
> But even as a ballpark, do you really believe that a 6kV NST (8.4kV peak)
> will jump a 1 inch gap?  Certainly not at sea level!
> 
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
> 
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> >Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Rscopper-at-aol-dot-com>
> >
> >Looks to me like no one really knows what the correct equation should
be.  If
> >we all decide on one I'll put it in WinTesla Version 5.5.  There's quite
a bit
> >of work to do on the rotary spark gap section anyway.  8400V/in was good
> at the
> >time I wrote Version 3.2 over 2.5 years ago.
> >
> >R. Scott Coppersmith 
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