This is the first video in a series of 3, on how to get started with the DRSSTC UD3 Tesla coil driver. Huge shoutout to Steve Ward, Netzpfuscher (Jens Kerrinnes), Malte0811 and TMaxElectronics (Thorben Zethoff) for their work on the UD3 platform. I am on installing and testing this in my large Kaizer DRSSTC 3 […]
NextGEN DRSSTC UD3: Unboxing, Soldering, Startup and Software (Part 1 of 3) Read More »
I visited the Danish Energy Museum back in Autumn 2023 and by pure coincidence it was their last opened weekend of the year and they would pack down to close for good, due to lack of funding. One of the few museums in Denmark, hosting a Tesla coil show for public display, has been closed
Energy Museum Shut Down! I Filmed the Last Public Tesla Coil Show Read More »
I found a old and discarded smoke cannon at a scrap yard! It looked in rough shape, but still had some oil in its container. With a bit experimentation and at last forcefully feeding it oil, it gave off its smoke! As a bonus, I got most of my workshop lubricated from half-burned oil smoke
Smoke Screen Machine Protect 950 XP – Teardown of a Smoke Cannon! Read More »
A teardown of a 19″ 1U server UPS, the APC Smart UPS 450 model SC450RMI1U. I give a quick run down of the current paths in the system and evaluation of the overall design. For many more UPS teardown articles and videos, I hope you will find these articles worth your time! Specifications for APC
APC Smart UPS 450 VA, for Server 19″ Rack 1U, Teardown Read More »
Technical walk-through and demonstration of spark generation from my first dual resonant Tesla coil. I finished this dual 811A vacuum tube Tesla Coil back in late 2008, which dates this back 15 years by now! At the time I finished this coil, my best camera at the time, could only record in 640×480 with horrible
811A Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil + 1000 FPS Slow Motion Sparks Read More »
I found a discarded ESAB TBH 140 welding machine in a scrap yard! It might be an older shielded metal arc welder, also known as SMAW or stick welder. But from what my father told me, these old ESAB machines are impossible to destroy. It got a good new home 🙂 I have also done
ESAB Bantam TBH 140 Welder Restoration Read More »
The Dell N870P power supply origins from the redundant PSU for the Dell Poweredge R710 / T610 rack servers. This article and video shows how to make it run standalone. Pictures of the Dell N870P / NPS-885AB unit and its specifications. The list of hacked server power supplies gets longer and longer. Use my guides
Server PSU Hack – Dell N870P / NPS-885AB. 12V 71A 870W Read More »
I bought two 750 mm long and 70 mm diameter plasma tubes from Barracuda Glass by Chris Burak. These lovely borosilicate glass tubes are filled with a mix of iodine, argon and krypton, for a bright blue glow. The Tesla coil used, is one of my first Tesla coils ever built. The Kaizer VTTC 1.
750 mm Plasma Tubes and Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil Read More »