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Re: [TCML] First light



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
>
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