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Tesla Coil Page
Low budget Tesla coil using 10kV, 35mA (350W) Neon Sign Transformer (the most expensive bit by far) and 12 x 3300pF x 10kV Russian 'door knob' Caps (arranged for 20kV @ 0.01Mfd). It currently stands in my conservatory and had a flan tin in place of a toroid when some of these pictures were taken.
Unlike most coils I have seen, it is isolated from the house electricity system by an (excessive large) isolating transformer to help keep my neighbors safe. The houses' earth terminates at the isolating transformer and the entire coil has its own earth.
More soon, meanwhile have a look at the pictures and click them for a closer look.
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My coils' vital statistics |
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| Secondary Coil Diameter: 115 mm Winding: 585 mm Wire: 0.71 mm Turns : 823 Wire length : 298m Secondary inductance : 13.88mH Approximate resonant frequency : 436 kHz Quarter wavelength frequency : 252 kHz Self capacitance : 9.59pF Toroid capacitance: 19pF (5 inch by 17 inch) |
Primary Coil
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Thanks to Richard Chapman for his Tesla Coil CAD which is excelent.
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