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Tcoils/ free energy. Yes a coil CAN power something.
Hello, Mike, Bart, All
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Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: Tesla coils and free energy.
Bart wrote:
>> 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.)
Now Mike wrote:
>Bart,
>I am not disputing what you are saying here, but there are two things I
>can think of that may contradict what you are saying. First, Tesla did
light bulbs at a distance from his magnifying transmitter. In order to do
it, he
>used a huge coil grounded some distance(not known to me just how far) and
hada light bulb in place of the spark gap in a step down transformer setup- I
>presume tuned to the output frequency of his transmitter. There is a photo
of it in his Colorado Springts Notes. He also noted in his CSN (and also in a
>paper later) that he was able to detect standing waves in the earth during
a lightning storm. I think his idea for transmitting energy to the ends of
the earth were idealistic, but signals from spark gap transmitters certainly
can be received thousands of miles away. It may be that he was considering
usable energy as that which might run a small clock or even a fluorescent or
luminous tube lightbulb. You have to remember that before his introduction
of AC
>power, even the output of a simple battery was considered significant to
>those not within the mile or two from Edison's power plants.
>Mike
The way I understand the free energy theme (not saying it is possible or
not) is that Tesla was saying you could tap the ionosphere and use this
energy to power anything imaginable. There are rumours (?!?) that Tesla
built a car which used this "free energy". It had a top speed of 100mph.
No one has been able to reconstruct this device or the car. I do not know
where the original went to (or if it ever really exsisted).
The other idea Mike mentioned (powering something via a Tesla Coil) DOES
INDEED WORK. I have tried this myself. Using a 200W OBIT powered TC I was
able to light a 25W 220V bulb to almost full brilliance. One wire from the
bulb was
connected to ground and the other was simply a 12" long piece of wire in
free air
(my "reciever"). The distance from the coil to the antenna was about a
foot. The
important factor here is that the TC must have a big topload to prevent
breakout.
Once sparks start breaking out (I believe Tesla also realized this during
construction), the "recievable power" goes down the drain and the bulb or
whatever
will not light. R.Q. also tried this. He was using a medium powered TC and
could
measure ground currents far, far away from his coil.
In my case 200W in and 25W out is of course highly inefficient.
However this isn´t free energy (I don´t think Mike was saying
this, either). Tesla´s idea was being able to transmit power all
around the world without the use of wires. Of course if this would work on
a large scale, our now known household appliances would look quite
different than they do (schematic wise). Imagine powering your TV with a TC
and trying to recieve a steady picture of good quality (:o((!!
Just like Mike does, I think Nikola Tesla was a genius and he did help the
world a lot with his inventions, even if some are not fully understood. I have
had a look at several websites dealing with his turbine. This maschine is
so very damn simple, you almost can´t believe that it will work. What I
would question is the efficiency of such a system. A friend of mine works
at a power plant and he gave me a detailed explanation of new technologies
being used. But even in this high tech age the powerplant only has an
efficiency of 39%. It would be interesting to see what efficiency the N.T.
turbine has.
Thanks to Tesla we now have AC current. Imagine how high your electric bill
would be if Edison´s DC idea were still around. Plus we would need a
power
plant every five miles (you can´t transform DC) :o).
One thing a lot of people seem to forget is in what technical age Nikola
Tesla lived. I think (considering the materials available at the time) N.T.
did a great job. Someone has yet to beat Nikola´s record on spark length
:o)). Plus this guy was talking about quarks in 1900.
BTW Mike: I believe Tesla´s bulbs would light miles away from his coil.
However, anybody coming near a grounded object (like a fire hydrant) would
get zapped. I have read reports on cows, horses, etc going crazy, because
they were engulfed in a cloud of Saint Elmo´s fire.
The world sure would look different if a TC was suppling our electrical
power. On the other hand, IF a TC was our standard power source, no one
would want to build and have fun with them (like we coilers, do).
Another thought: Have a look at old science fiction books. You will be
amazed as to how many "fictious" things have come true. No one ever thought
traveling faster than the speed of light would be possible. Yet,
experiments with the tunneling effect have been able to transfer
information (I believe it was Beethoven´s symphony) over a distance.
The time it took to transfer the music was SHORTER than possible at the
speed of light. So, who can really say what will be possible in another 100
years.............
My 2.5 Euros worth
Coiler greets from germany,
Reinhard
(who doesn´t like Euros, but loves coils)