Drifting a bit here, but Tesla always seems to have that effect on me...

A Discovery Channel docu-drama showed a USAF installation in Alaska where
the Wardenclyffe transmitter was apparently recreated and modernized-they
even had video of it. It reported that tests had limited success. This was
done in semi-secrecy at the time, because the original Tesla company in
Eastern Europe somewhere still holds much of the intellectual property on
much of his stuff....
And they say he was insane.....hehe...

There's a fellow across town that has built one of Tesla's rotary bladeless
turbines. He plans to fire it with a Harley-Davidson carburetor, ans is
expecting about 75 mpg when he gets it into his little pick-up truck. He
made the aluminum castings for the housings from scrap metal in his
backyard, and machined everthing on a milling machine and lathe of his own
manufacture as well, so I will be standing at a safe distance when he
decides to rev it up for the first time......Either that, or I'll opt to
read about it in the newspaper the next day....

See, there is a connection to the original thread - Tesla intended this to
be a power source for generating electric power on the scale of that which
we have been discussing...

Finally, (apologies in advance) when I was a wee boy, my brother read a book
of republished Tesla papers. He proceeded directly to the basement and after
two days or so called on me to help him test his new experiment. 30,000V and
"hold these two wires" later, I re-gained consciousness on the floor in a
cold sweat. Now I'm eight years into my second cardiac pacemaker. Of course
the 480 disconnect that some joker closed while I was working on a printing
press in Atlanta may have had something to do with that.

What's the old saying, something like 'too soon old, too late smart...'

c

>
> Ahhh... Where is Nikola Tesla when you need him. With that
> much current you
> probably could broadcast power. I wonder if Wardenclyffe is
> for sale? I
> have often wondered if that pseudosphere was actually a coil form as
> opposed to a mere terminal. Think Tertiary coil. Heh
>
> AT 833 Amps, you could use a tire as a carbon film resistor....
>
> As for Busses, I recommend taking advantage of the skin effect. Silver
> coated copper pipe with reinforced corners would be favorite.
> You probably
> will not want solid conductors. If you really want a thrill, fill the
> insides of the pipes with Supercritical CO2. Sigh.
>
> I dont suppose there are any empty slots on that buss for rent?
>
> M
> > > ok..power guys...
> > >
> > > Whats the formula, given that I have the current and voltage,
> > > to calculate
> > > the wire size that is required.
> > >
> > > I'm talking large amounts of current...like 833Amps @120VAC
> > >
> > > I know for 200A, I need a 4/0 wire.
> > >
> > > Distances are rather short, something like 20 feet or less.
> > >
> > >
> > > anyone?
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