RE: Chaotic Resonance(Solid State Coilers)

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <free0076-at-flinders.edu.au>



On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>
> 
> 
> Dave -
> 
> The dynamite and coal is a good example of power vs energy. The two words
> are often used interchangebly which can cause a lot of  confusion. The
> example I like is the rocket on the pad trying to take off but doesn't have
> enough power (thrust). It uses up all the energy (fuel) but does no work!

By the definition of work it does quite a bit of work, it heats the air
etc.

> This is what a sparking Tesla coil does. It uses a lot of energy at the
> input but only produces losses (sparks) at the output.
> 
> John Couture
> 


By the way, I consider sparks to be wins not losses =)


Later,
Darren Freeman