Steinmetz Re: electrical units

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Original poster: dave pierson <davep-at-quik-dot-com> 

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net>
>I wonder if Charles Proteus Steinmetz ever worked with tesla coils.
>I recall seeing a picture of him standing beside an artificial
>lightning generator in his lab. The generator consisted of a
>big tank transformer, with shielded tube rectifiers on top. The
>capacitor bank was a very long glass stacked outfit. So he
>was doing something with high voltage.
    A biography of Steinemtz if called 'Loki'
    if i recall

    My reading (other than the biography) indicates his crew tended more
    towards Marx type generators, and cascaded power freq transformers.

    He/they did a LOT of lightning simulation effects/testing.

    They found Marx (and similar) more controllable...

    best
     dwp
    (This thread might wander off towards the HV lost..  8)>>)