Re: Strange Phenomenon In DC Powered VTTC

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Original poster: Liviu Vasiliu <teslina@xxxxxxxxx>



Sometime it happens even in SGTC systems:

http://d.turboupload.com/d/893971/Fulger73.mpg.html

vasil
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> On 8/18/06, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince"
> <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Hey guys,
> >
> >I got the DC power VTTC going tonight and noticed
> something I've never seen
> >before. The coil runs on a single MOT with a full
> wave rectifier and filter
> >cap at about 2kVDC. I'm getting a 3 inch discharge
> so far that is virtually
> >silent. I was playing around with the discharge
> drawing arcs. I noticed that
> >you can start an arc on the side of the torroid and
> it will begin to swirl
> >around the side of the torroid like a little
> tornado. This continues after
> >you pull away and I've seen it continue to run for
> almost a minute. This is
> >while the primary discharge output from the
> electrode continues.
> >
> >It's a really neat display. I tried to capture it
> with my camera here:
> >
>
>http://www.teslauniverse.com/members/cprince/images/dc_vttc/DSC00127.JPG
> >
> >Have any of you seen this before?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Cameron
> >
> >
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