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Re: [TCML] [PA]Forecast good for Cal U students' StormFest
"[I
wonder
if
its
REALLY
a
'100
year
od
coil,
or
the
concept
thats
100
years
old.
And
'8
foot'
sparks?]"
Definitely looks at least that old to me. It's one of the things I make sure to see every time I go to the science center (well, at least I used to). It's been quite awhile since I've been there..
I can't remember the arc length, but it was quite long..
Coiling In Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen
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Subject: Re: [TCML] [PA]Forecast good for Cal U students' StormFest
Yes,
that's
the
one.
Kauffman
stood
atop
the
wooden
framework
covered
in
a
large
metallic
suit
shooting
10
ft
sparks
off
his
mesh
fingertips.
George
said
it
got
warm
but
he
could
stand
it
for
60
second
bursts.
He
did
it
for
the
guys
in
WWII.
Dr.
Resonance
>
Dr.
R
was
that
the
one
that
used
to
reside
at
the
old
Bheul
Science
center
>
that
was
located
right
next
to
the
Carnegie
library
on
the
North
side
of
>
Pittsburgh?
>
as
a
kid
i
awed
at
that
thing.....i
was
never
allowed
to
even
get
>
close..
>
>
hummmm...brings
back
great
memories
of
that
science
center.
>
>
tim
>
>
resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
The
coil
was
built
in
1903
by
George
Kauffman,
resident
of
Pittsburg.
I
>
met
George
back
in
1972
a
few
years
before
he
passed
away.
He
made
some
>
very
interesting
B&W
"newsreels"
that
were
shown
overseas
to
the
soldiers
>
fighting
in
the
Pacific
and
Germany.
George's
father
actually
knew
Nikola
>
Tesla
on
a
first
name
basis.
>
>
The
coil
used
plate
glass
caps,
a
RSG,
12
kV
pole
xmfr,
stood
approx
24
>
inch
dia
x
10
ft
tall,
but,
unfortunately
only
had
a
small
2
ft
dia
sphere
>
on
top
of
it.
>
>
George
told
me
that
once,
while
they
were
repairing
a
damaged
winding
on
>
the
sec
coil,
a
friend
of
his
was
standing
atop
the
sec
coil
(wood
>
supported)
soldering
the
wire
and
some
prankster
turned
the
coil
on.
It
>
blew
off
two
of
the
toes
on
his
feet.
He
lived
thru
it.
>
>
It
actually
hits
565
kV
not
1
MEV.
>
>
It
is
the
oldest
operating
Tesla
coil
in
the
US.
>
>
Dr.
Resonance
>
>
>
>>
[of
possible
interest...
>>
Edited
for
brevity...
>>
>>
best
>>
dwp
>>
]
>>
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_553992.html
>>
>>
Forecast
good
for
Cal
U
students'
StormFest
>>
By
Mike
Wereschagin
>>
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
>>
Sunday,
February
24,
2008
>>
>>
A
modest
plan
by
college
students
to
get
middle-schoolers
interested
in
>>
the
>>
weather
turned
out
to
be
lightning
in
a
bottle
--
or,
at
least,
in
a
>>
cage.
>>
>>
StormFest,
a
three-day
program
organized
by
California
University
of
>>
Pennsylvania
meteorology
students,
is
expected
to
draw
more
than
>>
800
pupils
to
the
Carnegie
Science
Center
beginning
Friday.
The
program
>>
will
include
weather-related
experiments,
IMAX
films
and
a
million-volt
>>
lightning
simulator
that
creates
brilliant
8-foot
arcs
of
electricity
>>
inside
>>
a
cage.
>>
...
>>
The
lightning
will
come
from
the
science
center's
Tesla
Coil,
a
>>
nearly-100-year-old
set
of
copper
coils
that
acts
like
a
home's
>>
transformer
>>
in
reverse.
Instead
of
reducing
the
voltage,
the
coils
take
the
220
>>
volts
>>
flowing
through
normal
electrical
lines
and
increase
it
dramatically,
>>
said
>>
Mike
Hennessy.
He
and
science
center
educator
Aimee
Beitel
Kampbell
will
>>
operate
the
device
for
students.
>>
...
>>
>>
[I
wonder
if
its
REALLY
a
'100
year
od
coil,
or
the
concept
thats
>>
100
years
old.
And
'8
foot'
sparks?}
>>
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