Re: How to explain what a Tesla coil is....

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Original poster: "Steve Greenfield by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alienrelics-at-yahoo-dot-com>

It is like ringing a bell.

You give it a tap and it rings very loudly. So you
sort of give the Tesla Coil a "tap" of electricity and
it rings electrically and instead of sound you get
very high voltage.

The clapper of a bell by itself makes almost no noise
if you just wack it against the ground, even the huge
clapper in a church bell. You smack it against the
bell, though, and it can be deafening.

Just as the "smack" of electricity you give a Tesla
coil, by itself is nothing very remarkable, when
applied to the Tesla coil it "rings" strongly and
gives out huge sparks.

How's that?

Steve Greenfield
http://groups.yahoo-dot-com/group/mad_scientist/