Tesla Coil
Step it up, jack it up, can't you see,
100 volts just ain't enough fo' me.
Need to get me , gotta get me I need a big...
Transformer. A MEGA-VOLT TRANSFORMER.
Need to get me, gotta get me,
A Transformer, A MEGA-VOLT TRANSFORMER
a great big TRANSFORMER,
A spark emmittin,
MEGA-VOLT TRANSFORMER.
15,000 now, but I ain' done
that just ain't enough,
I gotta get me, I need me...
Step it up, jack it on up,
15,000 it ain't enough fo me.
I need more Voltage, gotta get more voltage.
I need more voltage, stepped up voltage.
one to ten, you multiply, and get more voltage
500 thousand, I'll work wit' dat
A half a million - dat works for me.
cause I like to see,
those great big sparks,
high voltage sparks.
blue Corona- sparks they work for me
My tesla coil page:
http://home.mindspring.com/~peeceebee/
Video of tesla coil running: (Pete's tesla coil)
http://tesla.reidconsulting.com.au/tesla.html
What the HELL is a TESLA COIL?
A tesla coil is an air cored resonant transformer.
The first component in the system is a step up transformer. This transformer takes the line current coming out of your wall socket and steps it up to several thousand volts.
There are several easily obtained transformers available. Common choices include a Neon Sign Transformer (NST), an Oil Burner Ignition Transformer (OBIT), or a Microwave Oven Transformer (MOT). Some people use the large pole mounted transformers , or even wind their own transformers.
The next step for the now high voltage is a capacitor, which acts as a sort of storage battery, for short term current storage. There are many different types of capacitors available. Currently, most coilers opt for a string of small (mini) capacitors connected together to achieve the desired storage and voltage characteristics, this is called a Multi Mini Capacitor (MMC). Large industrial capacitors can also be found, or a home made capacitor can be used.
The next component is a spark gap. This acts as a switch to turn on and off the power as it charges the capacitor. Once the capacitor is charged, the spark gap fires, releasing all of the stored energy in a very brief powerful burst. There are many choices in gap design, from a simple gap, multi gaps, rotary gaps, synchronized rotary gaps, and solid state gaps.
From the spark gap, the current flows to the primary coil, usually made from copper pipe or large copper wire of 5 - 20 turns. This is the coil seen at the base of the tesla coil. The coil can be shaped in a flat (saucer), cone, or helical coil shape. This coil produces a magnetic field, and the current is then picked up by the next component.......
The secondary coil, as in a traditional transformer consists of many turns of smaller gauge wire. In traditional coils there is a direct relationship between the primary number of turns and the secondary number of turns. For example a coil with 10 primary turns and 20 secondary turns will double the voltage output, 10 primary turns and 100 secondary turns will result in 10x voltage output. The typical tela coil would have about 100X increase in the secondary, however, due to the resonant rise of the tesla system, even greater increases are achieved.
The final part of the tesla coil is the top (usually a torroid or sphere), which serves as a capacitor (storage area) for the electricity before discharge. This is where all the action takes place. Sparks emanate from here, as does the beautiful corona discharge.
Nicola Tesla is the Father of modern A.C. electric power systems, he built the generators which are still in use at the Niagra Falls generating plant. He died a pauper after most of his inventions were "stolen" by George Westinghouse, General Electric, and others for their own greedy uses. Nicola Tesla was working on a huge Tesla coil in New Jersey, which he hoped would provide free wireless energy for the world when he died.
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