Tesla's 3 000,000 volt Transformer

  • Dimensions:
    primary - 175 cm in diameter;
    secondary - 72 cm in diameter; height - 180 cm
  • TMZ, inv. n° 695

The model, which serves demonstration purposes, was manufactured in 1976 at the Museum, after descriptions of Tesla's transformers from Colorado Springs (1899), generating voltage of up to 12 000,000 volts. By all means one among the department's most interesting exhibits, since it generates sparkles up to 3 meters long.

 


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