Re: what is the cost for electricity to run a Tesla coil?

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Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>

That can depend on a huge amount of things, most importantly being how much 
power a certain telsa coil uses. I have a mini coil that runs at a power 
level of 190 VA (you can also think of VA as watts) that some large 
lightbulbs laugh at. =D So you can imagine that it dosen't cost that much 
to run. Most higher power Tesla coils run at about 4,000 -10,000 VA, but 
when considering that dryers run at about 4,000VA, and a central air 
conditioning unit runs at about 15,000VA, it's not as much as you'd think. 
Now the Biggg Coil which runs at 50,000VA is probably a slightly different 
story. =D You can check out this link that shows you about how much a 
typical appliance will cost if you run it for one full hour.
<http://home.howstuffworks-dot-com/question272.htm>http://home.howstuffworks-dot-com/question272.htm
Also keep in mind that most people don't run their tesla coil for anything 
over an hour a month, so when viewed with airconditioning, it's pretty 
cheap to run. Note that I said RUN, not build or maintain! (Stupid $250 
capacitor...) =D

Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
Original poster: "Bernie Crews by way of Terry Fritz "

what is the cost for electricity to run a Tesla coil?

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Subject: Biggg power & the Elecric company meet :{


 > Original poster: "Kevin Eldredge by way of Terry Fritz
"
 >
 > All
 >
 > The Biggg Coil was running 49 kVA last weekend after a hot, hot
 > day. Several people were over to watch, then after one minute all power
 > went out, shop, house & security light. The security light is before the
 > service entry wattmeter, oh-no. The primary fuse for our service drop
 > blew, no breakers blew anywhere. Wife very aggitated as Monk was! on TV
at
 > the time. I pushed the Coil into its hanger & called the Electric
company,
 > then waited for the worst. They came out & replaced the fuse, and were
 > confused no breakers blew. All power back on & all Ok. The lineman thinks
 > it was the combunation of heat & high electric loads, (airconditioner-ha
 > ha, it was the Coil) Scared to run the Coil anymore for fear of blowing
 > the fuse again, I went to the Electric Co-op & told my story to the
service
 > rep. He said "what on earth do you have that requires 50 kW?" I explained
 > & showed a picture of the Tesla Coil. I listened to his response with
 > suprise, "It must have been too small a fuse, well get a bigger one on
 > it". He was very understanding, or liked Tesla Coils. Later that day he
 > called me and told me if the fuse blows again he will send a crew out &
 > replace our 25 kVA distribution transformer with ! a 50 kVA unit. :) :) It
 > was like a dream. He says the transformer should be able to supply 100%
 > more than its rating for 10 minutes (it was a hot day). The next size
 > service entrance was a 400 amp service with current transformer metering
 > and would be very expensive on my part, so I should see if his idea works
 > first. Is he a nice guy or what?
 >
 > Coiling in Oklahoma.
 > Kevin E.
 >
 >
 >



-Chris