November 2022

8000FPS Slow Motion Tesla Coil Spark Formation and Collapsing Hot Spots

Slow motion Tesla Coil recordings of SSTC sparks. Recorded at 8000 frames per second and replayed at 15-30 frames per second. Notice the step leader, known from natural lightning strikes and the hot spots that might be forming from collapsing plasma channels. Join the discussion at High Voltage Forum about these high speed video recordings …

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Post-Soviet Tesla Coil Teardown and Test

Tesla Coil Teardown and test of a Post-Soviet era Tesla coil. Hardware and circuit analysis with a spark throwing test. For a discussion of teardown and hardware, come on over to HVF and join the fun 🙂 Tesla Coil Hardware This Tesla coil teardown revealed a pretty solid build, but with a few bad design …

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Cisco Cable TV Optical Node and RF Amplifier Teardown

Teardown of Cisco / Scientific Atlanta Cable TV optical node and drop amplifier. These are modern versions running on fiber networks. These small amplifiers are used in houses where it is not practical to use a receiving antenna to get the signal from the broadcast headend transmitter. They are also called a “service drop”. Back …

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