Re: Tesla Coils in Practical Applications

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

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> Original poster: "CJ Moore by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<wizard1234-at-home-dot-com>
>
> I know that while there has been a great deal of research in Tesla Coils,
> has anyone found any real practical application for these devices? (besides
> testing aircraft)
>
> The reason that I ask is I have done Science Fair (school project type deals
> for those who don't know) projects in the past with tesla coils, 1st one was
> something really stupid and I don't remember what it was about. The second
> one was a little better, I tested to see if the magnetic field around the
> coil decreased proportionally to the distance from a given point. (I used a
> multimeter and a search coil, which is a like a small secondary).
>
> This year I don't have any ideas and need one fast.
> If anyone could help me with an idea I would be very grateful.
>
> I need something which is constant, and then a variable to test.
> IE: which flower lives longest 1) NaCL solution 2) sucrose solution 3)
> pepper solution 4) aspirin solution 5) pure H2O (constant) * The flowers,
> amount of water, sunlight, etc. would remain constant but the substance
> changes.
>
> So I need something like that but in the TC field.
>
> One idea that I had was to create one coil and then the 3 different types of
> primaries to see which one worked best with the given system, but I don't
> know how well that would work out.
>
> Thanks,
> CJ

Hi Cj...

since tesla coils were intentionally designed to be able to transmit power
to the world and then
be able to "recieve" this power via a second "secondary" to power the home etc.

why not try making 3 different sized secondaries and use the coil to
transmit to them and see
which of the 3 secondaries "recieve" the best ( use a volt meter to see the
differences between
the various secondaries or use some low voltage lite bulbs to "see" the
difference).

just a thought...


Scot D