Nikola Tesla Books
Books written by or about Nikola Tesla
ONE-HALF KILOWATT TRANSFORMER OUTFIT 91 The primary and secondary leads are brought to suitable terminals in the case and the job is finished. For safety to the transformer secondary, a permanent gap should be affixed to the secondary terminals as shown in Fig. 7. This gap is to be not more than ½ in. in length. Oudin and Tesla Coils.-Fig. 8 suggests the design for a very practical form of Tesla coil that is easily and cheaply built. Fig. 9 gives the data for an Oudin coil, the construction of which is very similar to that of the Tesla. The de1 TRANSFORMER IN CASE-COVER OFF Fig. 7. Transformer in its case