[RFI] RFI Digest, Vol 220, Issue 7

[David Eckhardt]

Phillips Lab on KAFB / Albuquerque:  1-foot long blue, diameter of my
little finger,  20 kV *direct current* arc.  Something to seriously
respect!!!  But we had fun playing on Uncle's provisions.......

Dave - WØLEV

On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 7:48 PM KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> "WHAT is a 'strong arc'???"
>
> > Just my 2 cents:  blue, not white, 1/2-inch long or greater, and about
> the
> > diameter of your little finger or larger.
>
> YIPES!  I'd consider that (as often does utilities, fire departments, et
> cetera) more along the lines of an apocalyptic structure/pole/hardware
> burning, call-everyone-before-the-neighbourhood-burns-down kinda arc, as
> far worse occurs with far less.
>
> RFI wise, even just general electronics wise, and certainly in the lab,
> anything one could see, hear, feel, even know relatively exists, so,
> less than the average static one may notice when putting on clothing,
> would considered excessive, strong, and potentially destructive.  What
> you describe is greater than the arc used to weld bridges together.
>
> The last time I saw a smaller arc that set a pole on fire, I was told by
> all responding, "You see something like that, get away, call 911, it
> WILL get worse!"
>
> To each their own...
>
> Kurt
>
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