Re: humor: tesla power supply

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Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Actually Tesla's was "only" 50-60kW (don't take the 130-foot arcs 
quoted in various articles literally, more like 35-footers by most of 
present coilers measurement techniques). Huge considering the 
materials available at the time and the size of available power 
plants. Certainly was no gigawatt like are common now. The biggest as 
far as I know is Electrum that's now in New Zealand, 55-foot sparks 
with 130kW in. The Air Force had some rather large ones in the 
'70-80's but not sure of the specs (used mainy to test scale aircraft 
lightning strikes).

Mike

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> Original poster: "Drake Schutt" <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> hey,
> perhaps this is off topic, but ive never understood why huge 
> machines such as submarines and trains use diesel engines to turn 
> generators to charge batteries to power motors? also, what is the 
> most high powered tesla coil (biggest) of all time?  it was tesla's 
> right?  if thats the case whats the biggest one of modern times?
>
> thanks, drake