Re: Colorado Springs Shut Down Re: 12 MV 100 years ago

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Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Reply posted below..

 > >On the subject of power useage,
 > >    How much was actually availabe to be used by Tesla?
 >
 >          More than he needed, at least in Colorado
 > Springs
 >
 > >I recall in one of the books I read (Man out of time
 > perhaps?
 > >It's been awhile.. ) that he managed to shut down the
 > power
 > >plant that was providing power to his Colorado Springs
 > >laboratory by pulling too much from the mains.. (Or was
 > it
 > >kickback through the feed lines? I honestly can't
 > >remember.. )
 >
 >          Case B: Stray RF, aka kickback.
 >          At least that's how i read the Colorado Springs
 > Notes.
 >          He revised his grounds and had no more problems.
 >          (hmmmmm.  Seems I've heard THAT more recently.
 >          8)>>)
 >
 >          If I Recall: The Noteslist both the power used
 > and
 >          the capability of the station.
 >
 >          best
 >          dwp

It looks like I'll have to do some more reading..

Thanks for the info!

Coiling In Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen