[Milsurplus] Re: Milsurplus Digest, Why 60 Hz.

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi John:

I tend to agree with you.  BUT, there's no question that Tesla conceived 
  the idea of how to build an A.C. motor.  Prior to that there were 
none.  And since having both A.C. generators AND motors is needed for a 
viable power system Tesla is the father of the whole A.C. power system. 
  The prior DC system of Edison commercialized by G.E. was lacking by 
comparison.

The reason I tend to agree is that Tesla did not understand high Q 
circuits, which is what he built in Colorado.  He thought he had a 
multiplier on power, which is not the case.  Note that a coil operating 
at self resonance has a Q of 1, but when loaded with a capacitor much 
greater than Cself a coil can operate at Q numbers in the hundreds if 
it's constructed with this in mind.

The common classroom "Tesla Coil" is not a high Q device and is in fact 
just a high voltage transformer.

73,

Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
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J. Forster wrote:

> Tesla had no real idea what he was doing. Read up on C.P. Steinmetz. He laid the
> foundations for AC power ENGINEERING.
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>>Hi Ken:
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>>This is a question that I've also wondered about.  The two key figures
>>are Tesla and Westinghouse.  I have a number of possible reasons at:
>>http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/electron.shtml#Nikola
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>>Have Fun,
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>>Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
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