These pictures show my 4 inch diameter Tesla coil throwing 44-50 inch sparks. The smaller sphere is grounded and used as a target. The suspended sphere in the lower right picture is hanging from a nylon line. Power level is 1200 watts.
These pictures show my 4 inch diameter Tesla coil throwing 44-50 inch sparks. The smaller sphere is grounded and used as a target. The suspended sphere in the lower right picture is hanging from a nylon line. Power level is 1200 watts.
New Coil specifications Secondary: 21 inch winding of AWG 24. 975 turns on 4 inch PVC pipe Resonant frequency unloaded: 395 KHZ Resonant frequency with 19 X 6 toroid: 254 KHZ Primary: tapered solenoid. 17 turns 8 inch diameter at bottom 12 inches at the top Primary capacitance: Two .03 mfd rolled caps in series. Total capacitance .015 mfd. Each cap has 24 mils polyethylene dielectric in mineral oil Spark gap: Cylinder type gap with 9 series gaps spaced .025 inch each. .225 inch total gap cooling air supplied by vacuum cleaner motor Power: single 12kv/100ma neon sign transformer. 1200 watts
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