2007-03-25 02:36:52 · 5 answers · asked by achevyman2 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
He transmitted it as radio waves. The power itself was created in a conventional powerplant.
You can light up a lightbulb underneath a high-tension power line with no assistance, as long as it's a 4-foot fluorescent tube. That's not due to radio transmission, it's due to the direct electric field from the wires.
2007-03-25 02:47:47 · answer #1 · answered by Engineer-Poet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know if Tesla really lit light bulbs from miles away, but when I was in high school, I constructed a Tesla Coil for just that purpose. The coil radiated about 1 KW at 500 kHz and would light a flourescent light bulb at a few feet and an incandescent light bulb at a few inches. However, it was a terribly inefficient method by which to light bulbs.
Wireless transmission of energy is inefficient unless the energy can focused. A LASER and Microwaves can be focused but these devices didn't exist in Tesla's ere.
Hope this helps, Mike R
2007-04-01 14:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by MICHAEL R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he could , and to show Westinghouse that he wasnt a newb.
2007-03-25 02:41:57 · answer #3 · answered by imakerocksfly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he brought uncle fester along for the ride
2007-03-25 02:41:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
he used water and magnets
2007-03-25 02:39:41 · answer #5 · answered by Santa Barbara 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋