Re: [TCML] Was Primary Grounding now RF gnd Center ball safety gap / primary strikes

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

So instead of strike rails, maybe we need to simply add small fans blowing upward? I know even when there is a breeze that is too light to feel, you can "see" it in the banjo effect. It doesn't take much breeze to have a fairly strong influence on the streamers.

Adam


--- On Wed, 12/17/08, jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx <jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx <jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Was Primary Grounding now RF gnd Center ball safety gap / primary strikes
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 11:06 PM

> When running my small coil  in the chemistry lab at school I
> got many primary strikes.  But when running it at home i
> only got about 5 for a 30 sec run.   I determind that the
> excessive amount at school was caused by the vent a couple
> at ceiling tiles away from the coil. when we taped over it
> the strike problem subsided to the normal or about 5. 
> I found it interesting that the little amount or air flow
> from that vent that was reaching the coil caused such a
> drastic difference in behavior.  Here is the resulting video
> that was taken in the chem lab
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L2VJ-jnVZ4
> 



      
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