Re: 12 MV 100 years ago

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Original poster: "Rikard Titus by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rikard_titus-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Hello Gary,

Thank you for citing  paragraph from Tesla's interview.
It is good to know what was actualy Tesla's standpoint on this matter.
7.5 MV is still extra large figure to accept for me,but 100' streamers ,if 
point to point indicated there,present  the evidence of huge power 
circulating in his system.
Speaking of Power input,there is a doseage of controversy over maximum 
power he drew from mains to power that Colorado beast.
Can you tell what is a good estimate for maximum power input he had ever 
used in 1899.?
Tesla refered to 200 horse powers or 140 kW I think.Is this right?

Rik


> >
> > Some sources say that Tesla reached voltages like 12 MV using  his
> > magnifier in Colorado Springs.
> > In his diary (Colorado Springs Notes) he only refers to potentials like
>3-4
> > MV on two occasions.
> > Was his giant magnifier supposed to work differently than we anticipate
> > today and where does that 12 MV figure come from?
> > Thanx for suggestions and comments .
> >
> > -Rik
>
>In the  Colorado Springs chapter of NIKOLA TESLA ON HIS WORK WITH
>ALTERNATING CURRENTS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, TELEPHONY
>AND TRANSMISSION OF POWER Tesla cites a maximum figure about half way
>between the two.
>
>Here [Fig. 68] I have a photograph to just give you a
>striking illustration of some of these effects.  This thing
>that you see here is a large ball [pointing to the bottom of
>the photograph], on top of a cylindrical conductor, lifted
>above the roof.  The roof was removable made in two parts,
>which could be slid apart.  The ball could be pushed up and
>down and lifted to a certain height as I needed it.  The ex-
>periment shows just that kind of arrangement which I have
>illustrated in previous diagrams and with which I reached
>enormous potentials.  So great was the pressure that the ball
>discharged into the air and I have been able to follow for a
>100 feet some of these streams.  That will give you an idea
>what a tremendous display it must have been.  The current
>passing through this ball was about 1,000 amperes and the dis-
>play, seen from a distance, was such that people might have
>thought the building afire, and many times they did think so.
>
>Counsel
>
>      What was the voltage of it?
>
>Tesla
>
>      In this experiment, the voltage might have been something
>like 7 or 8 million volts, but I want to tell you, though,
>that I am referring to the maximum potential.  The moment you
>get these enormous streamers the potential drops.  I mean that
>was the breaking potential.
>[END]
>
>I've posted the Preface, Introduction, and Section IV. "Apparatus for
>Transformation by Condenser Discharges; Damped Waves" online at
>www.tfcbooks-dot-com/tesla/nt_on_ac.htm.
>
>NIKOLA TESLA ON HIS WORK WITH ALTERNATING CURRENTS is available from 21st
>Century books for $26.95 + $2 S&H.  Mention this list with your order and
>the book is yours for $21.00 total.
>
>Gary
>www.tfcbooks-dot-com
>

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