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Spaceman Spiff
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Ok, so the truth is I'm a computer geek, nerd, what have you. I even have a door placard with my name and "Computer Geek". And needless to say, I am into almost anything that has to do with electricity. And since I am a member of our local Mid America Science Museum, I got invited to the reception, last night, for our newest display:
A one-to-one replica of the Tesla Coil, at the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, California. The one at GPO was built in the late '20's. While not the largest, these are two of only three built to Tesla's original design specs.
The only other unit like this is at Fry's Electronics in Fremont, CA. (Seems the builder is buddies with Kevin Fry and has build several "classical" displays for his stores.) After a reception and a short video about Nicola Tesla, we heard a brief lecture by Bill Wysock who, along with his fiancée, built this unit.
We then went over to the display for 1,500,000 Volt demonstration. (I kept waiting for the dinosaur skeleton to start moving and someone scream "It's Aliiive!
) Unfortunately, I had to get the kids home so I couldn't hang around to speak with Wysock. Wysock will also be doing the restoration of the GPO coil scheduled for 2005.
This is now part of our permanent displays. Here is a like to some pics of the coil at Fry's The only notable difference between it and ours is that our Faraday cage is alot more open, making the coil and lighting easier to view.
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A one-to-one replica of the Tesla Coil, at the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, California. The one at GPO was built in the late '20's. While not the largest, these are two of only three built to Tesla's original design specs.
The only other unit like this is at Fry's Electronics in Fremont, CA. (Seems the builder is buddies with Kevin Fry and has build several "classical" displays for his stores.) After a reception and a short video about Nicola Tesla, we heard a brief lecture by Bill Wysock who, along with his fiancée, built this unit.
We then went over to the display for 1,500,000 Volt demonstration. (I kept waiting for the dinosaur skeleton to start moving and someone scream "It's Aliiive!
This is now part of our permanent displays. Here is a like to some pics of the coil at Fry's The only notable difference between it and ours is that our Faraday cage is alot more open, making the coil and lighting easier to view.
