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means for identifying electrical waves, Tesla
was blessed with an accidental observation,
which forever changed the course of his
experimental investigations. In his own
attempts to achieve where he felt Hertz had
failed, Tesla developed a powerful method by
which he hoped to generate and detect real
electromagnetic waves. Part of this apparatus
required the implementation of a very
powerful capacitor bank This capacitor
"battery" was charged to very high voltages,
and subsequently discharged through short
copper bus bars. The explosive bursts thus
obtained produced several phenomena, which
deeply impressed Tesla, far exceeding the
power of any electrical display he had ever
seen. These proved to hold an essential
secret, which he was determined to uncover.
The abrupt sparks, which he termed
"disruptive discharges", were found capable
of exploding wires into vapor. They propelled
very sharp shockwaves, which struck him
with great force across the whole front of his
body. Of this surprising physical effect, Tesla
was exceedingly intrigued. Rather, more like
gunshots of extraordinary power than
electrical sparks, Tesla was completely
absorbed in this new study. These electrical
impulses produced effects commonly
associated only with lightning. The explosive
effects reminded him of similar occurrences
observed with high voltage DC generators. A
familiar experience among workers and
engineers, the simple closing of a switch on a
high voltage dynamo often brought a stinging
shock, the assumed result of residual static
charging.
This hazardous condition only occurred with
the sudden application of high voltage DC.
This crown of deadly static charge stood
straight out of highly electrified conductors,
often seeking ground paths which included
workmen and switchboard operators. In long
cables, this instantaneous charge effect
produced a hedge of bluish
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needles, pointing straight away from the line
into the surrounding space. The hazardous
condition appeared briefly at the very instant
of switch closure. The bluish sparking crown
vanished a few milliseconds later, along with
the life of any unfortunate who happened to
have been so "struck". After the brief effect
passed, systems behaved as designed. Such
phenomena vanished as charges slowly
saturated the lines and systems. After this
brief surge, currents flowed smoothly and
evenly as designed.
The effect was a nuisance in small
systems. But in large regional power systems
where voltages were excessive, it proved
deadly. Men were killed by the effect, which
spread its deadly electrostatic crown of sparks
throughout component systems. Though
generators were rated at a few thousand volts,
such mysterious surges represented hundreds
of thousands, even millions of volts. The
problem was eliminated through the use of
highly insulated, heavily grounded relay
switches. Former engineering studies
considered only those features of power
systems that accommodated the steady state
supply and consumption of power. It seemed
as though large systems required both surge
and normal operative design considerations.
Accommodating the dangerous initial
"supercharge" was a new feature. This
engineering study became the prime focus of
power companies for years afterward, safety
devices and surge protectors being the
subject of a great many patents and texts.
Tesla knew that the strange
supercharging effect was only observed at the
very instant in which dynamos were applied
to wire lines, just as in his explosive capacitor
discharges. Though the two instances were
completely different, they both produced the
very same effects. The instantaneous surge
supplied by dynamos briefly appeared superconcentrated
in long