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RE- Re: what's a tesla coil good for
From: Robert Michaels[SMTP:robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org]
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 1997 3:41 AM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: RE- Re: what's a tesla coil good for
TL>From: Rscopper-at-aol-dot-com[SMTP:Rscopper-at-aol-dot-com]
TL>Sent: Saturday, September 13, 1997 6:48 AM
TL>There is a small tesla coil in every T.I.G welder. There are industrial
TL>painting devices that use high voltage( but no sparks) to help the paint
TL>"stick". The aerospace egineers use tesla coils to fire lightning at their
[ ... ]
Hey -- I'm from De-troit. We know about painting stuff and
making it stick. Electrostatic painting requires dc:
The object to be painted is given a charge of one
polarity and the paint particles the opposite polarity.
Opposites attract. So the paint is attracted to the
object -- Duh!
- - - - - - - -
On the general topic of the usefulness of Dr. Tesla's
discoveries ... I'm reminded of a quote attributed to
Thomas Edison: When showing a society lady around his
lab (in pursuit a grant), Edison was asked of his
discoveries "But Mr. Edison, of what possible =use= is
that...?"
Edison replied, "Madam, of what possible =use= is a new-
born baby?".
We stick with it, in
--- Detroit, USA
Robert Michaels
P.S. :-
TL>designs to prove them out. Personally...I once found a dead mosquito on the
TL>top of my coil after a run. Now thats about the best reason to have one
TL>around...to kill mosquitos!!! Think about how many movies use tesla coils
Oh? And was it the high voltage (electrocution) or the ozone
(chemical toxicity)? I think a little more research is
required here.
TL>and such..wouldn't it be nice to have a couple of hundred thousand
TL>bucks to build a really big coil [ ... ]
TL>Scott
Apparently several on This List have had. And did. If you
can believe the tales that are told. (Start showing your
work to some society ladies ... )