My First Tesla Coil

4 inch coil generating 55 inch arc to ground

 

I've always wanted to build a Tesla Coil because I've always been fascinated by the

display of the arcs they put out.  With a lot of research and a million questions answered

by Greg Hunter, my first project was a huge success.  I would not have been able to

accomplish this without his help. Thanks Greg!

 

Visit http://hot-streamer.com/greg for lots of great and helpful information.

 

Also, thanks to Terry Fritz for hosting this site!

 

Because of the surprising results I've been able to achieve with my first attempt, I thought

I'd try to share what I did and what I went through to accomplish this.

 

To see it in action, choose from below!

 

Garage (with breakpoint) (1.7M .avi) 

Garage (with breakpoint) (1.06M .wmv)

 

Outside (without breakpoint) (2.4M .avi)

Outside (without breakpoint)  (886K .wmv)

 

4 inch Tesla Coil Components:

 

Primary Coil                                 Secondary Coil

 

Static Gap                                             MMC

 

NST Bank                                    Table Design

 

Specifications                               Design Notes

 

Toroids

 

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