July 2008

Tesla coil – internal arcing of secondary

July 31, 2008

Well, last night I found out why our Tesla coil isn’t delivering the performance I would expect. I opened up the secondary coil and found carbon scoring on the inside of the coil. Looks like the coil has been discharging internally. We need to remove the metal bolt at the top and find a way [...]

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Tesla Coil

July 28, 2008

We did the final assemble and checks on our Tesla coil on Saturday night, we rolled it out into the back yard and switched it on… Nothing is as scary as that first time… And… Nothing exploded, imploded, melted, smoked or fried… We were able to tease 7″ sparks out of the toroid with the [...]

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