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Is that underground? On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 12:30 PM G Hunter via Tesla <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > You may be able to crudely adjust the breakout angle by changing the > height of the toroid. I found that if I placed the toroid very close to > the top turn of the secondary, the streamers tended to curve downward. If > I raised it a bit, they broke out horizonally. If I raised it a lot, I had > serious top turn corona and the streamers tended to curve upwards. By > experimenting with toroid height and breakout point location, you may be > able to reduce ceiling strikes. This is only rough adjustment of course. > Some streamers are just wild and there's no controlling them. > Greg > > On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 1:45:23 PM CST, Jan Ohlsson < > jan@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > This is the very first test with my 315 mm coil. > > > https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMGIjbFcuhcW-ygtbhLNYTcdZIP-cKCiFdsglUP > > 2CICWzJj2jLL5XnpTIZ5SZeLLg/photo/AF1QipMQyXQAiaog2NMZ6-91iplHciNA8qKHheQf7iH > _?key=VVR2dks0OHpVOUcwb3FWR3VQTzJfQ1hmOHBlR3dB > <https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMGIjbFcuhcW-ygtbhLNYTcdZIP-cKCiFdsglUP2CICWzJj2jLL5XnpTIZ5SZeLLg/photo/AF1QipMQyXQAiaog2NMZ6-91iplHciNA8qKHheQf7iH_?key=VVR2dks0OHpVOUcwb3FWR3VQTzJfQ1hmOHBlR3dB> > > I tried to direct the streamer away from the fluorescent lighting fixtures > and the cables with a break out point. This directed the streamer toward > the > roof where it stuck, so I have no idea of the capability of the coil. The > distance from toroid to roof is probably not more than 1,4 m, the toroid is > 2,2 m above the floor for comparison. > > I realize that I can not power up the coil without the brake out point, the > streamers would hit the cabling and lighting fixtures. Have to find a way > to > move the lighting arrangements. > > Do you think it would be possible to direct the streamers for a longer > sideways strike, without getting it stuck on the roof? > > But I am very pleased with my test otherwise, nothing burned or misbehaved > at about half the available power, 10 kW. > > Jan > Stockholm, Sweden > > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla