Nikola Tesla

DMAXchris

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Brilliant man for sure! Not only did he understand how the planet was alive with magnetic energy, I feel he also knew the secrets of the ancient civilizations. In my opinion his funding was cut because he wanted free energy. I think he even built a tower on Long Island but it was knocked down shortly after Morgan learned there was to be no meters on his power system. I want to learn more about him.

On a similar note, anyone ever hear of Edward Leedskalnin?
 

Sledhead

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Edison wanted to power the world with DC electricity. While Edison was a highly motivated inventor, and a genius, he was 100% wrong about DC current being useful to power the world. It would have never worked.

Tesla knew the future would be AC current like we use today, and he was obviously right.

But Edison had too much invested in DC technology to have Tesla win the battle. So through bribery and marketing, he proceeded to demonstrate that AC electricity was too dangerous to be useful. He arranged public demonstrations of various animals being killed by huge doses of AC current. He even killed an elephant with AC power.

But then he went too far. He arranged to electrocute a death row inmate using an electric chair. His engineering was terribly wrong on the project, and he proceeded to burn, fry, and torture the victim several times before it actually killed him.

After that, Edison became a staunch opponent of capital punishment, and became a "kinder and gentler" businessman. He said it was his biggest regret of his entire life.

"The War of Currents" also resulted in 120/240 residential 3 wire cicuits, Edison helped offset voltage drop with the dual voltage.

AC to DC "rectifiers" are so called because Edison was correcting Tesla's AC.
 

super diesel

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Also where have you been hiding out Michael have not seen you around much. Busy at work?

Been dealing with some bad things that life threw at me unfortunately. We all get surprises through. What does't kill ya,,,makes you stronger. To bad it killed Tesla.

Yes, Morgan pulled his funding when he saw his dynamo that didn't need wires to deliver its energy from point A to point B. Morgan new he wouldn't be able to regulate it and collect his fees from it. So.........
 

MadMaxx61

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Been dealing with some bad things that life threw at me unfortunately. We all get surprises through. What does't kill ya,,,makes you stronger. To bad it killed Tesla.

Yes, Morgan pulled his funding when he saw his dynamo that didn't need wires to deliver its energy from point A to point B. Morgan new he wouldn't be able to regulate it and collect his fees from it. So.........

Sorry to hear that man. Hope it all works out in the end for you. And remember you diesel friends are here for you anytime. Back to Tesla reading more up on him I knew a lot but it seems even more to learn.


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paint94979

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Michael, its great to see you on... Hopefully we can see you around a little more frequently. I understand real life gets in the way though
 

Mike L.

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Michael
Why don't you ban someone just for the hell of it? It will make you feel better. I'll be the first candidate. I will then crawl over to WWW and beg forgivemess.:rofl: Hope she's in a good mood.:happy2:
 

paint94979

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Michael
Why don't you ban someone just for the hell of it? It will make you feel better. I'll be the first candidate. I will then crawl over to WWW and beg forgivemess.:rofl: Hope she's in a good mood.:happy2:

haha :happy2:
 

BLKLMM

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Where do you come up with this shit Nicky:confused: Too much time by urself:eek: You should hang out with Brian :gay: , **** this lonely shit:D
 

Kat

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Michael
Why don't you ban someone just for the hell of it? It will make you feel better. I'll be the first candidate. I will then crawl over to WWW and beg forgivemess.:rofl: Hope she's in a good mood.:happy2:

:witch: I hear she will do anything for See's :dontknow: