James Shelton wrote:
Dear All, I'm developing a documentary where we are looking to create the largest possible arc of artificial lightning. Using existing systems - what kind of length could I expect to see, and where does such a system exist? So far, I can find Greg Leyh's Electrum, Bill Wysock's 13M and the Cauac Twin Coils, all of them seem to be able to produce an arc around 50ft in length. However, I read that Tesla himself was able to create artificial lightning arc in the order of 130ft - is this still the record? If you have any suggestions then please do (if you can) include contact details. Thanks Everyone! All the Very Best, James _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
Hi James,The current longest spark record holder appears to be the 492 foot (150 meter) spark generated by the huge Marx generator at the Siberian Power Research Institute (SIBNIIE) at Novosibirsk, Siberia. More details, lots of pictures, and a couple of video tours of this, and a similar facility in St. Petersburg, can be found here:
http://www.capturedlightning.com/frames/longarc.htm#Longspark http://www.capturedlightning.org/hot-streamer/temp/dest/SIBNIIE/index.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPPMaDH7L7I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9DrYSc2_3Y Bert -- ********************************************************************** We specialize in UNIQUE items: coins, shrunk by ultrastrong magnetic fields, Captured Lightning (Lichtenberg figure) sculptures, and scarce technical Books. Please visit us at http://www.capturedlightning.com ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla