Tesla coils

by Michael K. Tierney Student Dean of Engineering Nikola Tesla, one of our most accomplished yet unacclaimed scientists, experimented with huge coils, which have since come to be known as Tesla Coils...

Richard Hull 7103 Hermitage Rd. Richmond, VA 23228 E-mail: [email protected] The neon sign transformer is investigated to examine just what the nameplate rating means and how the...

There is nothing so fascinating and instructive to the science student and experimenter as a Tesla coil. This was originally developed by the electrical genius, Nikola Tesla, in the 1800s. He...

Want to see just how crazy high voltage can get? This rig will do some fascinating tricks for you. Have you ever let 50,000 volts jump through you? Or seen electric flames climb a wire? Or made a...

Demonstrate high voltage principles with this unit; corona discharge, ionizing gas tubes and lightning. Few electrical phenomena are as startling as the hissing blue corona discharge from a Tesla coil...

Many requests are received for information on the construction of a Tesla coil and transformer to go with it. As this requires specific directions of some length we believe it advisable to reprint the...

Every so often there appears an article on how to make a Tesla coil, of approved construction. Not one of the many articles which the writer has seen to date has described a coil which is in the least...

Experimenters who have wireless sending stations have all the apparatus necessary for the operation of an air insulated Tesla coil. The coil here described is suitable for use with spark coils giving...

Wield the power of lightning with this modern design that would make Nikola himself proud. One hundred years ago, from a mountain top in Colorado, Nikola Tesla transmitted electrical power with his...

Build an updated version of Nikola Tesla’s most-famous experiment. Nikola Tesla is considered by some to be the greatest inventor of our modern electrical age, and many experts consider him to be the...