Other than sci-fi flix and museum shows, what applications does a Tesla coil have?

Question

I have quite a lot of information on what they are and how they function but none on any useful application other than amusement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil

Answer 1

They make hand-held Tesla coils about the size of a flashlight that are very practical.They are used to test high voltage insulation. You pass the tip over the insulation and measure the voltage on the other side. It's good for this because it's portable and, although the voltage is high, it cannot produce enough current to be dangerous. They also produce ozone. I used one a while ago to deodorize the mildew smell from a water damaged couch, although this is an unorthodox application. There are other ozonizing products specifically designed for this that are more efficient.

Answer 2

Such coils are used whereever high voltages are needed.
Those used to be in old television sets for the high voltages to create a high voltage for the picture tube, and to generate the sparks in earlier car engines.
(Nowadays those high voltages are mainly made by smaller coils, generating lower voltages, followed by diode-capacitor networks for the necessary voltage multiplication.)
But also those glass spheres with sparks inside them, when you touch the sphere the sparks follow your movements.
And also Kirlian photography used those high voltages.
I could think of several other high voltage devices, like those heart stimulators you often see in hospital movies.

Answer 3

None that I know of. It does operate on the same principles as radio though. Marconi infringed on Tesla's patents.

Tesla wanted to do of wireless broadcast of power, something he never perfected.

Answer 4

Self-defense.

Answer 5

i couldn't understand you

sorry for that

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