Tesla's power tower in NJ? Why don't we use wireless transmition of power?
Answer:
Basically, it's the laws of physics. The power available from such a device diminishes at a rate equal to the square of the distance. In other words, If you received 100 watts of power from this device at a distance of 100 feet, you would only receive 10 watts of power at a distance of 200 feet, and so on. So, the amount of power available for most folks, would be practically useless, unless these things were positioned all over the place. That's why we use copper wires instead.
tesla had a lot of crazy theories. most of them proved to not be true.
his design for wireless power was one of those that just...really didn't work, however, so many people at the time thought if tesla said it, it must be true.
Wardenclyffe tower was originall designed to be part of a global network providing, not only electricity, but also a communicatons network, and there would be networks of these towers all over the world..
what tesla dreamed back then, just really wasn't technically possible, the technology wasn't advanced enough...
there have been a lot of limitations in the development of wireless power..including how to figure out how to do it and figure out how to design it so it doesn't create any real adverse affects on it.
there is a company that has designed a system that if your device has the module built into it, all you ahve to do is place it on the pad and it will charge..but we're still probably a ways off from any kind of long range transmission of power.
Peachy's right.Magnetic distribution of power is completely inefficient compared to using transmission lines.
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