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Re: Tesla coils and free energy.
But is it possible to use the out put of the transformer to run something
like a house.
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From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: 05 February 1999 12:50
Subject: Re: Tesla coils and free energy.
>Original Poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <mopar-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
>Hi Rogerio,
>
>I hate to burst your free energy bubble, but there is no such thing. This
kind
>of information is media and fantasy at it's electrical best. There is a
well
>known fact regarding energy. It is transformed, but it is never free. There
>are
>always losses. Losses subtract from the input energy (thus the term
"losses").
>Losses show themselves in many forms and heat is probably the major area
for
>energy loss. Even a superconductor isn't without losses. Tesla Coils are
very
>lossy. So far, Tesla Coils are used as means of generating home-brew arcs
>which
>similates lightning effect (sort of). A few coils can generate rather large
>and
>long arcs up to 600+ inches, but most coils performance is somewhere
>between 30
>and 160 inches and most of these are of the home-brew type.
>
>Tesla Coils are also used for science education purposes. I have yet to see
a
>real "market" for Tesla Coils beyond science education exhibits. However,
>these
>coils are well worth their study, and their electrical behavior is
>contraversial
>due to the complex interaction of inductive and capacitive relationships
under
>high pressure. If you want to make arcs or study these relationships, a
Tesla
>Coil is a supreme device to use. But if you want to power your house or
ranch,
>go to your electric company. A Tesla Coil can not do what you are thinking.
>There are a lot of books with a lot of "hoopla" intermixing Tesla's use of
>this
>coil (and others) and the idea of power transmission. It was an idea. It
>was not
>a reality in Tesla's time and it is not a reality today. Free energy comes
>only
>from natural resources and our ability to transform energy into useful
>technology (but natural resources are not necessarily free, are they.)
>
>Bart
>
>Tesla List wrote:
>
>> Original Poster: "tinyv2" <tinyv2-at-email.msn-dot-com>
>>
>> tinyv2-at-msn-dot-com
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> My name is Rogerio (I'm from Portugal) I have just got in to the Tesla
coils
>> but I have always been it to them. This year I will be starting college,
I
>> will be taking Engineering.
>>
>> I read some wear that it is possible to run a house or farm or even a
ranch,
>> how is this possible i.e. the amount of current that comes out of a tesla
>> coil is so high.
>>
>> I'm also thinking of building a coil my self but I don't know were to
start.
>> If anyone who is reading this has copies of plans for good tesla coils
and
>> don't mind copying them and sending the copy to me I'd be grateful (my
>> e-mail is up top).
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a parts list for making a coil that can put out
>> 1,500,000v with the average prices for the parts.
>>
>> I've also heard about Teslas free energy what is it.
>>
>> Does anyone have any tesla coils for sail if so what are they capable of
and
>> how much are you selling them for.
>>
>> Is there any good books on tesla coils that have plans on how to build
them,
>> and on how to get this so called 'Free energy'.
>
>