Original poster: Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx>
I assume both of you (Ed and Dan) are measuring peak current with a
CT on some sort of grounded target? I can easily perform this test
some time, though the accuracy of any number i arrive at will
probably only be good to maybe 10% as i dont have an oscilloscope
that displays the exact value of the peak (i just have to judge it
by eye). Or maybe i can borrow my friends DSO.
Dan, did you measure any difference in arc current with say a 2 foot
arc and a 4 foot arc? I would imagine the shorter arcs might have
more current through them (Assuming you have the coil running full
power in each case), but this is dependent on what the actual
impedance of the ionized channel is. I suppose i can test this
myself if you havent already. Actually... im wondering why i havent
performed this test yet.
Steve
On 9/1/05, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H"
<<mailto:daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
Measured peak arc current of my DRSSTC II system is 3.6A peak. I'd be
curious to see what
Steve's coil did.
Dan
Dan,
I measured a peak arc current of 15 amps. I have no idea if Steve has
ever measured the arc current of his coil.
Measured arc length is 14 feet and building limited.
Ed