Tesla coil?

[Dusan Sukovic]

Hello,

I'm bit curious about Tesla coil..does the Tesla coil have any
practical use, apart from producing powerful sparcs?


Thanks,

--Dusan

 

[Charles Schuler]

"Dusan Sukovic" <sukovic@madness.tmok.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

I'm bit curious about Tesla coil..does the Tesla coil have any
practical use, apart from producing powerful sparcs?

Generally, no. They are used in some schools for teaching various
principles. They are occasionally used as a part of research projects (some
of which are sort of goofy). Tesla's dream was to transmit electrical
energy without wires. That's done every day, but does not energize our
homes yet.

 

In the early days of television (pre-flyback transformers), small Tesla
coils were used to produce the high voltages needed by the CRT.

Other applications needing an inexpensive source of high voltage (at
low current) have used Tesla coils as well, however, for the most part
the larger coils are usually used for gee whiz demonstrations in
schools and museums and testing.


Harry C.

 

[Jerry G.]

Tesla coils are sometimes used where their are experiments with RF effects
and high voltage with specific types of chemical reactions, and etc. There
are various scientific applications for them, but these are not so common.

Most of the time, they are used for demonstrating the principle of an RF air
core type transformer, and the generation of an extreme high voltage.

--

Jerry G.
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"Dusan Sukovic" <sukovic@madness.tmok.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

I'm bit curious about Tesla coil..does the Tesla coil have any
practical use, apart from producing powerful sparcs?


Thanks,

--Dusan

 

[CWatters]

"Dusan Sukovic" <sukovic@madness.tmok.com> wrote in message
news:92b0d705.0502200807.14446063@posting.google.com...

Hello,

I'm bit curious about Tesla coil..does the Tesla coil have any
practical use, apart from producing powerful sparcs?

Test your nerves?....

http://hot-streamer.com/ross/Biggg/biggg.htm

...yes that is a man in a metal suit with 20 foot lightening bolts coming out
of his "head".

 

[worldcitizen]

Dusan Sukovic wrote:

Hello,

I'm bit curious about Tesla coil..does the Tesla coil have any
practical use, apart from producing powerful sparcs?


Thanks,

--Dusan

I think they have been used in particle accellerators. The same kind
of uses you might have for a Van Degraf generator. Maybe make your own
atom smasher.

 

[Don Klipstein]

"Dusan Sukovic" <sukovic@madness.tmok.com> wrote in message
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I'm bit curious about Tesla coil..does the Tesla coil have any
practical use, apart from producing powerful sparcs?

A minor one - producing sparks inside various lamps and lightbulbs and
tubes, to check for what kind of gas (or vacuum) is in them.
Usually one familiar with this can recognize spark/corona
shapes/patterns, brightness and color and does not need a spectroscope.

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Also entertainment value... Hold a fluorescent lamp or a neon lamp and
it glows from a Tesla coil a few feet away. Solid state ones that
oscillate continuously make these things glow more brightly.

- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)