Hairpin Project

[onthecuttingedge2005]

you have to have about 1 amp to stop the heart, there is a trade off on HV electricity, raising the voltage causes the amperage to drop, decrease the amperage and the voltage rises. for transformers.

this is not the case for Lightning which contains 'both' high voltage and high ampers. it is totally bad ass.

Jerry

[Magluvin]

Sorry Resonanceman, I suppose I am in the wrong thread. If you have any questions or comments, Spark me out at a Tesla thread, for now I will quench my sparks there.  I like where things were heading.

Magluvin

[forest]

Magluvin,

Jenna is right - spark gap should be replaced by better make&break controller.
Tesla's own path was : first spark gap,then spark gap quenched,then multiple spark gap in series,then rotary interrupter then rotary mercury interrupter then special vacuum tube.
Every sound or light emanating from make&break controller is a waste.

[Magluvin]

Forest
Actually I thought we were looking for the better spark gap earlier. I did some very quick research in surge suppression and spike collectors just after coming to the conclusion that those just may be the lil buggers that we are looking for, especially prepared, calibrated, high voltage rated, high current little zap zaps. Even you mentioned a capgap. Is that not an improvement? Or is it a step backwards from what you just posted?
To some my ideas and findings will be shut down and put down. Bah, so what. I made a couple friends. And a couple critics. This place is full of that. I wont know who they are till they bark or wag their tail.
I made a single comment here to Resman and it went from there. It seemed to go well and my thoughts and ideas were accepted. I was happy with the little progress toward a common goal,  a goal set here in THIS thread before I arrived.
I am all about making it better. Its the way I work. I will not step backwards till I know it is necessary.
So if your previous post is earnest, then your suggestion of a capgap should be an honest improvement over a spark gap that Tesla used and accepted of that, as Resman and I have taken it, And in an instant we jumped further than that to make things better. And maybe a zener diode or series of diodes that make that gap silent and unidirectional would work as well. Cannot say at this time, its just an idea. Im full of them. My cup overflows.
There are many that do not and WILL not accept the Tesla ideas that I present. Ask Tito, he cant get anyone to see what he sees. The walls are big and strong. Most dont have the initiative look to the otherside,  they are satisfied with the walls just the way they are. They expect him to tear them down for them, since they see that he is good at it.
I am fine with how things are and I will go on.

Magluvin

[Magluvin]

Loner
Thanks for the post. Very interesting idea. Can you refer me to that thread you speak of on the subject?
And thanks again for the positive view. =]

Mags