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Re: sparks

At 12:47 2/20/01 -0500, you wrote:
Does the difference imply anything about which is best
- the pointed vs. round lightning rod?

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| Robert Cohen

Hehehe...perhaps not - but I find it rather misleading
to compute a breakdown value for an electric field using
point electrodes.
Points produce high fields, so the appropriate electrode
is flat or almost flat to provide the asymptotic value.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net> Altus OK
Eureka!