badsaddamdotnet (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ct92404 yes this system was also used by the russians and is believed to be used by the egyptians

ct92404 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@KenRocker1968 There are a lot of experiments you can do with a Tesla Coil. It generates very high voltage, and it also generates high frequency radio waves. You can actually build another coil that is tuned to the same resonant frequency, to receive the energy that you transmitted. So it's possible to make a system to transmit electrical power without wires. That's actually what Nikola Tesla was working on.

KenRocker1968 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What type of devices can be created from Telsa Coil?

SuperRorylewis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@perplexedmoth lmao

doingitnowoncemore (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ct92404 oh yes stop the real thinking and thought schill !!

ct92404 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@kennyman08 Yes, it can be, in some circumstances. The output from a Tesla Coil is very high voltage at high frequency. Your nervous system doesn't respond to high frequency, so you won't feel a shock. But you don't want to get hit DIRECTLY by the arc because it can burn you. Also, if you don't have the coil tuned right, it might have low frequncy (60hz) in the output too, which would shock you. I've never had that problem, but it is possible to happen.

kennyman08 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

if the arch touches u is that dangerous? 

Itsmeeman1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ct92404 Thank you for the reply. I've seen Tesla's designs on how to absorb charged particles from the air and gather them as a form of static electricity then use that power to produce work in devices. I was waiting for someone to mention photovoltaic cells. Tesla's were a more primitive precursor to them. Still, the electricity would be gained passively, stored then pulsed for use. A 'trickle' collection of 'free' or 'renewable' energy. Depending upon which term you prefer to use. Ciao

ct92404 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...you have to be very careful about what you read about Nikola Tesla. People try to make all kinds of bogus claims and conspiracy theories about him involving "free energy," UFO's and a lot of other nonsense. You should read a good biography about him. I'd recommend "Man Out Of Time" by Margaret Cheney.

ct92404 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Itsmeeman1 No, the Wardenclyff Tower was meant to TRANSMIT electrical power, without wires. But it still required an external power source. Tesla never intended a device that would magically pull energy out of the air. That's not what he was working on. At one time, he suggested it might be possible to build a device that could generate power by absorbing cosmic radiation (similar to a photovoltaic cell today). But not something that magically created power from nothing.