How to make a Tesla Coil. Schematics, pictures, guides, design, calculations and all the example projects that you need to build your own Tesla coil!
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
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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
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A guide on how to make the, Artesyn 7001138 IBM 24R2730, server power supply run outside of its server enclosure. It might not be a complete teardown, but I do give a quick rundown on how the circuit works, in functions. To learn how to hack other server power supplies, check out these articles. Server
Server PSU Hack – Artesyn 7001138 IBM 24R2730, 12VDC 69A 830W Read More »
A live broadcast with focus on h ow to build a Tesla Coil, designing Tesla coils, with special focus on the DRSSTC topology. Frequently Asked Questions about the Tesla coil theory and design tools is answered to my best knowledge 🙂 Learn how to build your own Tesla coil and how to make it play
How to build a Tesla Coil. Design, Theory and Compromises! Read More »
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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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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This video shows your the method, tools and best of all, a few tricks to get a good Tesla Coil secondary coil varnish job done! This is something everyone can do, from a cheap battery drill to a expensive servo/stepper motor winding rig, its about the skill and not just expensive tools. You can do
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The Tesla coil Soft Start Safety Box project has been finished. The first version of my soft start box for 3 phased 400 VAC loads was just that, a soft start box. I wanted to include safety features like fault detection and emergency stop, but I also wanted to remain galvanically isolated from the mains
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