… a reduced capacitance in the primary and admits to having, comparatively, too small an inductance in the secondary and … cast about at flea markets, salvage sales, and K-Marts and come up a number of suitable low cost and unattractive terminal capacitances. Tesla has simply made do with what he had and it performs with a …
… by removing about 600 feet of wire from the secondary which has a mile of #10 wire on it. This new arrangement would …
… box as the spark finds a screw to arc to. Our own work has shown us that the higher the input voltage to a … above 15,000 volts! The old clearances of the past, become insufficient as the surrounding air is strained most … as 30 capacitors in series with good results, but do not recommend it for use on large high power systems. It should be …
… continuing and shows three circuits of which only the last completely eliminates the shorting condition. This third … are charged through an arc and not a wire. The arc has much more resistance than the wire. Thus, the capacitors …
… of photos that we are normally familiar with at the CSL has even been constructed. Tesla will be another month using the … arcs on occasion. In this case, the oscillator seems to be comprised of only the primary and the secondary with its …
… motors of large fractions of a horsepower are tough to come by unless some fancy machine work is performed on a … over a moderate range of speeds and perhaps even phase locked to the power frequency supplying the Tesla coil. … and the rope cords inside are removed. His fire hazard has been reduced a bit. …
… state, "This is the first time in my life that such a thing has happened, and I would give much that it did not. Why did … hands, so to speak. He, therefore, felt obligated to recompense his employees for their loyalty, labor and …
… of an effect on the arresters after the storm might have been due to the roof being made slightly conductive by the … absence of sparks on the arresters is finally worked out He comments that lightning lighted two local houses during the …
… up a board for connection of the transformers. Iron gauze has been put in place near the roof to prevent igniting the …
… August 31 Tesla has placed the 30 inch ball on a pole and pushed it up … probably the roughest treatment one can give primary tank components, other than running a system out of tune or off … 100 years ago. Much of what he had to say and offer has been lost or ignored by people building systems according to …