Like the art of a “lion tamer” :) industrial applications, “high frequency start” on a tig welder, and wire and cable insulation testers.
-Brandon Bebault
Santa Rosa, California
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> On Feb 6, 2019, at 12:00 PM, Dan Kline via Tesla <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I usually say "What's beer good for?" ;)
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> From: Steve White <steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla Coil List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 7:09 AM
> Subject: [TCML] Response to "The Question"
>
> Like many of you, when I display my large TC, I always get the same question, which is "what is it good for?" Here is the answer I always give:
>
> "A tesla coil has the same practical value as golf, bowling, baseball, pool, football, bird watching, listening to music, car racing, attending a play, going to a movie, watching an air show, etc. etc. etc. It is purely for entertainment. It has no practical value at all beyond perhaps some limited form of lightning simulation."
>
> I then get no further questions along that line. I skip all the nonsense they may have read or heard about world-wide wireless power transmission or death rays.
>
> What answer do you give when you are asked "The Question"?
>
> Steve White
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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