[THIN] Re: OT: 1 power bar - 2 UPS
- From: kenw@xxxxxxxx
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:13:39 -0600
Eh, no, those things where the sparks climbed up the wires were called a
"Jacob's Ladder". A Biblical reference to a stairway to heaven.
Telsa coils radiated high voltage high frequency power from a single point
at the top of the tower. Always struck me as stunningly inefficient.
Neat, though.
/kenw
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:16:15 -0400, Jeff Malczewski <jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>I beleive those devices are called Tesla Coils, no? LOL
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Stockard [mailto:jstockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 3:12 PM
>To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: 1 power bar - 2 UPS
>
>
>Tesla (not the rock band) had this idea about the same time Edison had his
>idea to set up an electric company. Tesla wanted to sell the collector
>device and give away electricity. Edison wanted to sell the electricity and
>have the company own the devices over which electricity traveled. The
>device Tesla had is those big unit the current runs between in the old
>Frankenstein movies. If you happened to walk between the two, you would be
>electrocuted.
Ken Wallewein
K&M Systems Integration
Phone (403)274-7848
Fax (403)275-4535
kenw@xxxxxxxx
www.kmsi.net
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