[TowerTalk] Tesla's birthday

[Bill Aycock]

Andy--
The Tesla coil is really two coils, with the primary usually wound as a flat 
spiral as a disk at the base of the other, which is a vertical tower. I 
think that what you are calling a  "Fan" is the primary.
Bill-W4BSG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy" <ai.egrps at gmail.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tesla's birthday


>I guess I wasn't clear in my question yesterday.
>
> Yes, I know about Tesla coils.  And I understand how the corona in the 
> "oo"
> and the part that makes the top of the "g" are representative of a Tesla
> coil.
>
> But what I don't understand is the FAN.
>
> You know, the part that forms the descender of the "g".
>
> Is there something I'm not getting here?  What the heck is that lower part
> of the "g" supposed to be?  Did Tesla design fan motors when he worked for
> Westinghouse?
>
> Andy
>
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