Tesla coils - Page 2

Our solid-state Tesla coil can produce sparks as long as 8 inches with a peak output of about 100,000 volts. Tesla coils have been around for almost 100 years and, with the exception of vacuum-tube...

In addition to his many important contributions to electronics technology, Nikola Tesla gave us “lightning generators” that to this day fascinate and entertain. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a...

In the mind of the electrical genuis it's named for, it was a practical transmitter - but our version is strictly for thrills. Spectacular fireworks include a ring of fire scribed by wire pivoting on...

Miniature in size only, this physics classroom project packs 60,000 volts of power at 500,000 cycles per second. Yet it’s safe! You can make spectacular demonstrations with this Tesla coil (Fig. 1)...

Many experimenters either do not realize the vastness of the high frequency field, or think that they have not money enough to buy the necessary apparatus. It is the purpose of this article to explain...

A device called a level shifter enhances the output of Tesla coils. Several options for level-shifting designs are outlined. About four years ago, Dave Sharpe from Virginia built and demonstrated a...

To the uniniated in electrical science there is probably no more entrancing and awe-inspiring effect to be seen than the spectacular display produced by the Tesla transformer. There are many acts...

Introduction I constructed and tested a small bipolar Tesla coil modeled after designs used in physics laboratories in the past. My inspiration for this design came from "Tesla Coils Resurrected,"...

Works Weird Wonders “Is there, I ask, can there be a more interesting study than that of alternating currents?” With this question, put to a group of outstanding engineers and scholars more than half...

PLANS FOR BOTTLE CAPACITOR Go drink a sixpack of wine coolers. When your buzz wears off wash and clean the bottles out. Scrub off the labels. Discard the pop-tops and get six screw on white plastic...