ELECTRICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

Did you know that pioneers of both AC and DC technologies once work together in the same laboratory? Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla started the "Electricity War" just because Edison turned down the idea of Tesla. This war was not purely because of clash of minds but more likely from economic and business point of view. The History Channel presentation of the series "The Men Who Built America" narrates the start of the war between the Direct Current of Edison and Alternating Current of Tesla. Edison was supported by JP Morgan while Nikola Tesla was supported by Westinghaus. Watch the video below to understand more the root cause of the conflict and who prevailed in the end. Men Who Built America Part3 Changing The Game

What is a Tesla Coil?   A Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high frequency alternating-current electricity. Tesla experimented with a number of different configurations consisting of two, or sometimes three, coupled resonant electric circuits.  continue.. Who Invented the Tesla Coil?   The Tesla coil is one of Nikola Tesla's most famous inventions. It is essentially a high-frequency air-core transformer. It takes the output from a 120vAC to several kilovolt transformer & driver circuit and steps it up to an extremely high voltage. Voltages can get to be well above 1,000,000 volts and are discharged in the form of electrical arcs. Tesla himself got arcs up to 100,000,000 volts, but I don't think that has been duplicated by anybody else. Tesla coils are unique in the fact that they create extremely powerful electrical fields. Large coils have been ...

AC Vs. DC Electricity www.wisegeek.com   Alternating Current and Direct Current differs in many ways, each have its own advantage and disadvantages. Alternating Current Electricity www.allaboutcircuits.com   Alternating Current Electricity as the name describes is the simultaneous changing of the currents direction. For more info.. Direct Current Electricity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_current   Most of the students learn first about direct current principles before the other topics in electrical engineering. Battle of Direct and Alternating Current Electricity www.youtube.com   A short video clip of the history of DC and AC electricity from Youtube. A battle between Edison's DC and Tesla's AC.