Re: Information Unlimited VTTC yields eight-foot streamers (wa Re: Really big VTTCs)

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Aaron,

Yes, I would definitely view that claim with skepticism, too.
To obtain 8 ft. discharges from a VTTC, I would think
that a power requirement closer to "80" kW than "8" kW
would be required, unless they are running in low duty
cycled "stacatto" mode. Even then, I still think that you'd
be hard pressed to "milk" 8 ft arcs from "only" 8 kW input
power.

David Rieben

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Subject: Information Unlimited VTTC yields eight-foot streamers (wa Re:
Really big VTTCs)


> Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Somebody should check up on the folks at Information
> Unlimited from time to time ;->  They sell a tube
> coil, and below the description they make this
> [unsubstantiated] claim:
>
>  >From http://www.amazing1.com/tesla.htm:
> "We also have built coils using 304TH, 450TH and
> parallel 2500TH's with a full 5000 watts of plate
> dissipation. This coil produced spectacular hot
> flaming arcs up to 8 feet with 8 kw input."
>
> Eight feet from any VTTC seems pretty much unheard of,
> although I don't know anything about the 2500TH.  You
> would think such an accomplishment would be documented
> somewhere, though.  Then again, the general feeling I
> get from the TC'ing community is that IU coils and
> plans are to be regarded with some skepticism...
>
> Regards,
> Aaron, N7OE
>