Giant Bluetooth Plasma Speaker from Honda Ignition Coils (60,000 volts)⚡
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2022
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Now, a 60,000 volt dual ignition coil powersource, which plays bluetooth music, is even better. I built a bluetooth linked ignition coil driver that was more capable than I planned it to be, and documented my journey. Links for circuit components below.
Thank you to Franzoli Electronics for his flyback footage! Channel here: / @franzolielectronics
SOME PARTS OF THE CIRCUIT:
555 timer: amzn.to/3q9amkk
IRFP260N mosfet: amzn.to/3Gb7IQI
10K potentiometers: amzn.to/3f9qA6J
150nF snubber cap: amzn.to/3GcelCx
47nf timing cap for 555: amzn.to/31HI7Qz
1k Ohm resistors: amzn.to/3zF2Hxw
5 volt regulator: amzn.to/3HNtgmW
Bluetooth: amzn.to/3qb9f3V
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Imagine being an electron along on THIS ride. I've included links to most of the major components for this build, in the video description. Also - this location was RF shielded. After manual testing, when all doors were closed, no radio escaped or entered. It made using my cell phone with closed doors, nearly impossible. Do not attempt to create a spark gap radio yourself, as it can cause radio interference.
Electron be like - where AM I ?
The most crucial part is not listed. Where does one get an honda ignition coil from
when are you gonna do earthbending for the element series u did years ago, it's still not finished :
Will you try out thise?
You now that water is suprising..
ruclips.net/video/IGpXA6qhH_Q/видео.html
Ok this is more of a request than a response but here goes
I had some ideas for a generator but found rpm’s are limited by the bearings ( like a bendini circuit with magnets and coils )
I was experimenting with neodymium magnets and thought 💭 why not eliminate the friction of bearings and use magnetic fields to levitate the ends of a shaft that had discs with magnets to fire coils .
Would you consider trying it out ?
I got as far as a disc at each end with magnets evenly spaced out . My first attempts were too rough of a ride because not enough matching magnets on the outer repelling magnet group causing vibration of the shaft . I did discover if I tilted the magnet on an angle it’s magnetic footprint was elliptical and ran smoother with less bumping .
Now of course super conductors came to mind but I was trying it out more on principle.
Thank you in advance if you choose to experiment on this idea .
Kind of a “ better mousetrap “ but no need for bearings would change a lot .
IRL it would extend the life of wind farm generators from catastrophic failure due to bearing failure that is all too common
I need a BEAMDIC to ignite rockets while playing AC/DC
Hello Mr Tomato 🙂
Happy 2022 to you too ...
Maybe this year I make a change of winning a 3D printer from you
and burn some tomatoes
Not trying to call you out but you would have to make a rocket for that so maybe make one....... or you cant do that
what is your next idea to kill the tomato?
did you think to begin with the source?
While electrocuting evil tomatoes! Based Integza.
Lol Love the name B.E.A.M.D.I.C. ! I never realized Bluetooth was that easy to integrate into a build. Great Build looks like ima need to build one now :p
My man! Yeah, BEAMDIC felt like the perfect acronym. The bluetooth addition was way easier than I thought it would be! I'm absolutely doing the same thing for other high voltage builds coming up!
😱 I really appreciate your patience with both the Acrylic & the scrapyard search & locate. Bringing that project into fruition was a huge task to undertake. You did it and even got an A.M. radio broadcast. Ha I thought you were going to Rick roll us. Brilliant project Jay. Absolutely amazing watching that arc. 👍😀 from Wales U.K. 🏴
Hey Rog, thanks a ton. Yeah, patience was definitely needed on the acrylic. Normally I dont have issues. I've been working with it for years. But...sometimes...those gremlins fight you till the very end. Yes, the arc is beautiful. Really, truly one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen. a solid 2 + inches of purple plasma.
This video is incredible! I love the different editing style/comedy! You really knocked this one out of the park! Aaaand now I want to build a B.E.A.M.D.I.C. of my own… Thanks for the incredible content as always, Jay, it was well worth the wait!
Ah, thanks man. That really means a lot. Feel free to share the video - and spread the sparks! "B.E.A.M.D..I.C™, now at a store near you!"
Great video Jay, always love the ignition coil projects! You know...if you crank up the 555 timers into the ultrasonic frequencies to eliminate background noise and feed the circuit 12V, this would actually work wonderfully for a certain music-compatible Tesla coil! Just saying ;)
Still can't wait for Jay to do that video on your SSTC. Super pumped!
Thanks Zach. Yeha, that's why I mentioned flybacks at the end of the video. Ignition coils cannot be ran at that high of frequency. You bet your bottom butthole that i will be stitching a bluetooth board into the upcoming SSTC build
@Plasma Channel But what about the top one?
Nice build!
The reason you need quite high frequencies for audio modulation to work is probably not just the switching frequency in it self being audiable, but also the modulation of the arc. The switching frequency must be significantly higher than the audio frequencies, to be able to modulate it into sound (otherwise the frequencies will just interfere with each other and end up mostly as nothing or just unwanted as noise). When using 7-10 kHz switching frequency, only lower midrange and bass frequencies would be possible to play back as audio.
But low audio frequencies are very hard to play back with an open arc anyway (unless the arc is really huge) - because the volume of surrounding air that get displaced (in this case by expansion and contraction of the air/plasma inside the arc) get too small compared to the wave length of the audio. The same reason a high frequency speaker can be made very small and still loud, but a subwoofer need to be quite big to even work at all. Still fun project and those ignition coils probably has a lot of other fun uses and applications, that doesn't need very high frequencies to work.
Thanks so much! Yeah, my favorite build hands down. Love this little circuit. You gave great input on this. Have you built plasma tweeters in the past?
@@PlasmaChannel I havn't built plasma speakers, but is experimenting right now with building a small PWM modulated (class D) amplifier (which I got working - maybe I put up a video later). I guess this works in a similar way - because you also have "sharp" pulses coming from the transformer output, which then get averaged out into smooth waves acoustically by the arc.
But, if the modulated frequency is to close to the switching frequency, there is not many pulses that can get averaged out and the 2 frequencies will mostly interfere with each other instead. A good rule of thumb for class D (and probably this as well) seem to be that the switching frequency should be at least 10 times (and the more the better) the highest modulated frequency (200 kHz if you want to play audio up to 20 kHz).
Hi Jay! Awesome job! I am actually working on a musical SSTC now and this video was helpful.
Even your first videos were awesome, now they are getting better every time, that is called real progress ! Good job!
Dude, thanks so much. That means the world to me!
Always excited to see a new video come out. I love plasma physics!
I love hearing that you love it, sir.
Thank you for such a detailed build video. I love them!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
I just arrived here from electro boom talking about your ionic wind video and was surprised to see your channel still producing beautiful videos at this rate and still taking to fans! Keep up the good work dude
Haha yeah I love my viewers. You guys make it all worthwhile. I’m in the middle of producing an epic video too!
Jay, this video/project is epic! I love seeing how much your project and video quality has improved over time. Also, your on screen personality has really grown too! Dude, this is why I continue to follow and support you! Can't wait to see what you do next! All the best on your journey of going full time on this!
Justin, you seriously rock bro. Thank you so much for supporting my channel!!!! I have some HUGE things planned for this year. I'm talking huge.....like filming the largest tesla coil on the planet :P
@@PlasmaChannel can't wait! (Well, you know take whatever time you need, don't rush or burn yourself out... You know what I mean... 😂)
Congrats on going full time. I live on the other side of the pond and the sun sure is shining this winter in the PNW! 😜 Keep those videos high quality and consistent! Don’t burn yourself out trying to release too frequently. For me, at least, I get more excited to watch videos from creators who release once every 1-2 weeks compared to those who spam every day. Quality or quantity.
Thanks! I will try my best to keep the video quality up, and not burn myself out. Gets really hard doing videos at this quality though, when doing a full time job. That's why i'm going full time. Thanks for being here!
6:44 - 6:55 was a seriously impressive mix of musical and editing skills. You "played" the coils in key with the background music, even where you hesitated inbetween knob turns you landed on frequencies that were in the same key, and once you came to rest on the higher octave you blipped the plasma in rhythm. There's no way all of that was accidental, that was great
The entire reason why I became an automotive mechanic in the first place was because of the interesting ways Automotive Parts can be used with electrical fun. Honestly, As soon as I heard that you could rebuild an alternator to power a house I was hooked... I stopped being an apprentice Carpenter, and joined the Airforce to become a mechanic
Thank you for your service Vernon. An Alternator powering a house makes sense, it can produce, what 60 amps at 14 volts?
@@PlasmaChannel its been a long time since i had to test the amperage on one of those, that sounds about right. 9 times out of 10 I'm only looking at the voltage. You always want that guy running between 13 and 14
@@PlasmaChannel ive bee through alot. I just know its possible. Has something to do with the diodes
Without a rectifier it produces ac power then adjust the speed to get 120v or 240v! I used to have a welder that was gas powered using a special wound alternator then it was rectified I think it was a Scott welder I think the manufacturer used to work for nasa ! It gave me great welds not as good as my thousands of dollar military welder compressor with generator!!
Excellent video as usual! I would recommend moving your drain connection of your Fet directly to the primary instead of going through the diode, that diode is having to handle all that current which also (at higher frequencies) could cause issues. Leave the diode where it is but connect your drain directly the primary, that way your snubber is still operational. I would love to know if that helps, maybe make a short follow up video??
I would recommend looking for information on how FM transmitters encode the audio signal on the carrier frequency. If you're able to adjust your circuit to operate the arc on a frequency just outside of the human audible range, it might help with the screeching noise.
First time i have seen something not shining and most perfect thing on this channel which was that radio. Really perfect he is.
Hahah, that radio is legit from 1958. It still works. Amazing huh?
I thought this was a very cool circuit, I may try using a circuit similar to this in my musical SSTC. Keep up the great work!
Yay, great news full time video production finally I can start to binge watch your channel
Dude just ran in to your channel! love your energy! Fun watch for sure..
Coolest plasma video I've watched yet. That was awesome.
@Plasma Channel you did it ,nice work my friend
Great thanks. I worked in electronics for 30 years..and this is fantastic !
THANKYOU
I was looking for something like this to use one the plasma candle!
Definitely a possible thing!
I was expecting an arc speaker since I started watching your channel.Also appreciate the effort for this video!
It was about time I made an arc speaker, right?! Glad you enjoyed it, feel free to share the video.
Nice, clean build! The Japanese do build some quality car parts for sure. Congrats on being able to quit your day job.
Nigel! Thanks my friend. That's not a lie. As pro-Ford as I am (I drive a stang), I still have to bow to the performance of Japanese parts.
Reminds me of the plasma speaker on timetec's channel 14 years ago. He raised the spark frequency above audible range so you could only hear the modulated frequency. I think he was using a transformer rather than an ignition coil.
Great seeing a new video Jay! This is freakin' cool. I'm subscribed to several channels that use tesla coils to play music. Totally metal bro! This is awesome.....no never cease to amaze me with the ideas you come up with! Blessings for a healthy and prosperous 2022!
Thank you a ton for that. Glad you enjoyed it! Most people who watched it seemed to like the idea, but then again, I dont think the video was a huge hit overall.
Would you mind listing some of those channels. I only know of ArcAttack and could always use more Tesla Coil music in my life.
@@grn1 I haven't received notifications in awhile. ArcAttack is one of my favs! I'll run through my subs, because I don't remember the names. May take me a bit........im subbed to something like 600 channels!🤣 I seriously need to do some "prunning" 👍
@@coolnegative I know that feeling, some of the channels I'm subbed to have a whole years worth of videos (usually a video a week so 54ish videos per channel) that I haven't watched.
Congrats on achieving your goal. May you achieve more goals. Have an awesome day. Also a very Kool video. Byes for now. Best of luck on your RUclips career.
Hi Plasma Channel, big fan of you..Its nice to see you again.
Thanks Amal!
Jay I have 2 words for you and this video, " Simply Awesome " loved the build, great idea love and warm regards from India
That Cover image is great , the blue arcs and the purple Mobius strip looking plasma 😮🤯
i really appreciate the effort and the quality of your videos, hope you dont get burnt out by the youtube algorithm.
gl man 💕
That means a lot man. Thank you so much. Yeah, it is a delicate balance of making the best video possible, and not getting burned out. One video takes me about three consistent weeks of work.
hearing a creator is from Seattle is so amazing, ive lived there my whole life and seeing someone this smart doing such cool projects makes me proud to be from there
Love it! and totally love anything Frequency modulated. Especially if doing something less usual. Ever thought about how to use AM to make the worlds best light dimmer?
Hey Tim! Glad you enjoyed it. No, not thought about that.
Lovely video, Jay. Excellent production. Great project too. Happy New Year 😊👍
Grandad! Thank you, and happy new year. I wasnt' kidding, this build was my favorite. I've played with it for hours at this point.
Happy 2022 Jay. Lets hope you will keep posting amazing stuff like this.
I'm now going to rip the Honda Ignition Coil from my grandma's old Honda :-)
Stay classy!
Hey Kian! Happy new year! Thanks, yeah this build was legit so dope. I loved making it.
Awesome work Jay! Been watching you regularly for over 3 years now & really delighted to see you come so far! Love your amazing sense of humour too “BEAMDIC” roflmao 🤣
Thanks a ton!!
What a great project! Watched all the way through haha
Great viddy, awesome project. Congratulations! You've earned a new sub and a like.
Hi Jason, welcome to the family! I appreciate you.
What a cool build!
The fact that the FCC hasn't sued this guy 100 times over is the most impressive thing of all.
Imagine living close to this guy and trying to use wireless peripherals, good lord.
Haha, they dont sue me because my transmitted signals are extremely weak, and blocked by the RF shielding i've put up years ago around my room. I installed faraday shielding which covers all my walls, ceiling, and and windows, and my floor is several feet thick of reinforced concrete. I have virtually zero cell phone reception at my place at all times, due to this. In order to play the radio, at the end of this video, I needed to remove the shielding from my windows. Otherwise I can't receive stable radio stations through my walls. You'll notice reception was terrible on the radio, as most the room was still mostly covered.
When I was a kid my dad got me a "Ford Buzz Coil" to mess around with. I am sure the older Plasma Fans on your channel would love to see one of these wonderful wooden boxes featured on your channel! I am sure you can pick them up on Ebay or elsewhere for not TOO much money! As always, this was an interesting and entertaining video!
That's a great video idea, actually. Thanks for the idea, and glad you enjoyed my video. Feel free to share it!
@@PlasmaChannel I've always wondered if the current produced by them was AC or DC. They're fed DC when run from batteries, but go through that vibration/contacts system to power the internal transformer... so who knows?
I've always said it.
This channel has CLASS.
My man!
There is one company that builts plasma tweeters, for their high end speaker systems. The company is Acapella.
I have a pair of Acapella Campanilla. Those tweeters sound absolutely stunning.
just found your channel, real cool content your producing.. i just sub your channel keep up they great work bro
I love your videos. Your a genius!!!
I love this channel so much
I browse lots of electrical and mechanical engineering channels but i subbed because I'm also from Seattle and I've been to that exact junkyard. Also I've always wondered how radio towers worked and this has provided some very interesting insight. See ya around man and keep up the amazing work!
Hey! You’ve been to the junkyard in snohomish? They totally overcharge, but very kind people.
@@PlasmaChannel I've been to so many of them but my favorites are the ones in Snohomish, black diamond, and another one near burien.
Little plasma based heart - what a delightful play on words.
My heart may be little. But it's at least made of plasma.
I love the DBZ cameo. I love this build.
Haha glad you got the reference! Thanks for dropping a comment. Also, thanks for supporting my channel Robin.
@@PlasmaChannel absolutely, i love your channel. It's incredibly inspiring and i love witching it. My son (7 years old) also likes it a lot. It gets him thinking abd now he askes all kinds of questions about plasmas and science in general because of your channel. So thank ypu so much for all the awsome stuff you bring to the community.
Good work l love it thanks for posting...
Thanks for the answer in my last comment. So I could see this video. Plasma Channel you're good nerd!!
I love B.E.A.M.D.I.C's
They are my favourite drivers for ignition coils.
Ahhh, 555. Good times, good times. The things one can build with you 555, Oh the memories.
Love the plasma thing, however, couldn't help myself from mentioning that cool video you show in this clip.: Rick Ashley's :: Never gonna let you go...🎶🎶🎶... Good work, plasma guy...💪👍
The transmitter idea is an interesting step back in time. The first radio transmitters, circa 1900, were spark gap sets. Before electronic (vacuum tube) oscillators and amplifiers were available, high speed mechanical alternators generated AC power, which was on/off modulated (i.e. switched) to a spark gap to generate RF energy. As you can imagine, this was down in the kilocycle range. Lee de Forest's vacuum tubes allowed RF frequencies up in the (gasp!) megacycle range. That was high frequency, or HF. Now, HF is close to the lowest RF range used, which make it's name an amusing paradox.
Fun fact: in German radio transmitting is called _funken_ / _Funk_ which comes from the earliest process of wirelessly transmitting information by having the transmitter create the radiowaves through sparks (Funken).
in 1978 I created a portable Star Wars Force wand from a neon tube and a very similar circuit using an automotive coil. It shocked everybody when I went outside at night and swung it around and altered the pulse ratio.
Excellent video as always. I do actually remember the Subaru plasma and one of it's followups the plasma vortex. The memes were a nice touch and good lord have mercy I can't believe you mini Rick rolled us. 🤣
thanks Mad S! Yeah that Subaru video seriously exploded lol. I was shocked, and grabbed a huge beer when it did. "never gonna give you up...never gonna make you cry..."
If you hate the 555, just use an Arduino (yea you gotta learn some interrupt stuff, but if you just copy and paste-modify one of their examples, it is very easy).. You could even use a driver board addon thingy (just to isolate the arudino).. Now it might be a bit more expensive by a few coffees, but at the same time you'll spend very little time fighting the waveform (cuz you could solve that issue in software vs iffy-pots|caps|resistors).. IMHO you save overall since I consider time expensive.. Ur really missing out on the microcontroller based controlling, once you have some things working, it's super easy to lego that stuff up.
Check out HEI(high energy ignition) coils! They use "direct" drive from a capacitor, and can do multiple sparks per "spark".
aka the coil is made for way faster running!
For the voltage meassurement, please use spheres, sharp points tends to make the distance longer per voltage!
Oh, so cool to learn of the HE coils. Always been curious about those! As for the measurements, I always use spheres. Measured it off camera.
@@PlasmaChannel Yep.. I think the HEI coils may be all ferrite. Even you could also try making a deal with a transformer manufacturer!
There are some on aliexpress/alibaba that I know of (and likely others too), that may be willing to make a deal or similar.
I've forgotten most of what I learned by now, but I remember the 555 timer being the first chip I learned about in my electronics class at school so hey I know something lol!
My fav in the video is the Zenith radio, my dad had one in the 60's
I don't know how but I missed this video, I'm glad I found it
I'm glad you found it too :P
Liked subbed.. never heard of this but I'm already addicted n you are proper funny..
As always, amazing job Jay! Your video quality is unbeatable!
Thanks Leon! My man, your recent hovering drone video was pretty cool.
Hi, i just find your channel today and im kinda off hooked on, question is can i use this schematic for some future project? :3 and in regulator can i use TIP31c?
This is pretty cool. I love this idea! What else can you apply this to? It kinda makes me curious if you can make it transmit to an Infinite amount of speakers. Each speaker has its own independent power source and receiver. Or would the power draw from the emitter be too much. Just like you can only load a Tesla coil so much before its power level is to low.
Also I loved the exaggerated nuclear bomb explosions hahaha!!!
Hahaha! I loved the acrylic gods joke it was pretty funny 😄. This is a pretty nice video and build.
Yes, I spark all of the time bro.
Stay Classy
Yeah, it can be applied to any circuit that relies on PWM or pusles in general. Glad you enjoyed!
I think you can protect your 555 ICs by using them to trigger a fast switching mosfet or possibly even a BIP373 Ignition driver - while they are limited to 14V input... well you should check the datasheet; they're built to make arcs inside of combustion chambers so they may be perfect.
Great stuff man
I'd really love to see you use ignition coils to build a decent hand held plasma cutter
Hey thanks Sarch. Feel free to share the video
Plasma cutter is done with much lower voltage, high current, and pressurized air. It is a destructive welding process. Ignition coil would make a decent HF start for the plasma cutter, but once arc is established, you go back to much lower voltage to cut.
For a great 555 timer circuit that ALWAYS puts out a 50% D.C. (square wave) and has a single-pot frequency control, you can use the standard 555 astable mode with a simple mod:
Just toss the resistor that goes from pin7 to Vcc and re-connect the resistor that goes from pins 2 and 6 to pin 3 (output pin. Pin 7 is NC)). This lets the cap charge through equal value resistance to upper and lower trigger points. Of course you will use a pot to vary the square wave. You can also INDEPENDENTLY adjust the amplitude by varying Vcc (and pin 4).
The variation of amplitude and frequency does not effect the square wave duty cycle.
The frequency, in Hz, is given by 1/1.39 RC, where 1.39 comes from 2 ln2.
GREAT VIDEO...I will have to try that snubber.
ps
I am pretty sure the frequency formula is correct from my derivation, but I just now realized I never checkedthat on a BB...but the circuit works!
--dAlE
its a great project dude
Glad to see B.E.A.M.D.I.C. was a success. Physics!
Btw, I know next to nothing about high voltage circuits, but just wondering if you can increase the frequency of the background pitch to above human hearing levels to eliminate it that way, will it work?
Glad you enjoyed BEAMDIC lol. So that’s why I talked about flybacks. You can’t drive ignition coils up at that range.
It’s not a matter of circuit. It’s a matter of transformer. Circuit can go WAY HIGHER in frequency.
@@PlasmaChannel Ah! I see, thanks.
Hi Jay, sweet build as always!!! Let me know if you ever need acrylic laser cut for any upcoming projects. I’m in the Seattle area as well and happy to help! Also: best of luck going full time! More plasma content, whoo hoo!!!
Hey Tobias! I appreciate that, and will save your email for said purposes. Can you email me? Look in the "about" tab under my channel page.
Nice build! 👍I've watched your previous videos that play music with the arc of a Tesla coil before ,so I wonder if you using DRSSTC/SSTC's interrupter directly drive the ignition coils instead of just using a single 555 driver circuit would be way better than this?🤔
Hm. That would take some work to test out. Good idea though
@@PlasmaChannel I've tried this circuit before and it worked perfectly😀 !The SSTC‘s interrupter as a driver and it can only use square wave music input, but because of this, the music arc is almost no noise! It's really worth to test out！⚡
I recommend separating the low and high frequencies and playing each back on separate drivers. 2 archs simultaneously. Thus should help with some of the volume problems. Also maybe just clip out the highest of the frequencies so the coil isn't even trying to play those.
You could make a circuit or maybe just do it with equalizer software
7:18 Mad respect. Please rickroll us with your new device sometime soon!
I've built a plasma speaker as a school project an eternity ago. I used a flyback transformer from an old CRT screen to get the high voltage. Audio quality was not good, but still decent. I have a video about it on my channel somewhere.
Please feel free to post the link here, for all to see! I'll approve the link to be posted. Would love to see it.
@@PlasmaChannel here it is :)
ruclips.net/video/fRfGDsu--rE/видео.html
the best video i've ever seen on youtube 🥰
Wow, thanks! Feel free to share it, and spread the word then!
After watching a few videos I am impressed
I was already subbed to channels like Veritasium, Action Lab, Nilered and now I am subbed to you
Good Job
GREAT VIDEO!!
I have built most of my "boxes / containers" with copper-clad PCB ans (solder) welding.
I have many needs for plexi boxes like yours
Sooo...can you tell me what glue that is you use on your plexiglass...will it work on other types (such as lexan) too??
I am about to do my plexi cases.
Nice build
Awesome video
Also maybe try infront of a parabolic dish... then try infront of sound blankets.
Maybe also try inside a box... acrylic of course, with one side built as a passive sound radiator. Essentially a speaker cone with out the driver.
This type of Crack sound is super good at echoes, and you pushing sound out in every direction. You want to only push sound out in one direction
Awesome. This is a great video.
Thanks Andy. Much appreciated.
I once wired 4 of these coils together, one pair in paralel and that was againts another pair in paralel, I used an SCR dimmer circuit in series with a capacitor for limiting the current and pluged it into 230V, I got over 10cm long arcs hotter than arcs you get from a microwave oven transformer no joke, still have the pictures and some videos, I had to cover the coils in wax to prolong their live, they lasted for over a week of playing around with them
Funny, the plans for this video originally called for 4 ignition coils. I have all 4 identical coils, but could not get two antiparallel coils in series to work appropriately. I think it was a supply current issue. If you can find the pictures, i'd love for you to email them to me! My email is under the "about" tab on my channel page.
@@PlasmaChannel Ok, no problem, I can do that
@@PlasmaChannel I sent you the email, tell me if you got it and if the Google drive link to the pictures works.
btw you can put ferrite core on some ignition coils, by removing the laminated iron core
though they must have the core not potted in resin to be removed ⚡
I didn't know ignition coils were built with ferrite cores. Interesting!
@@PlasmaChannel they aren't with ferrites, they all have laminated iron
I edited my above comment
Since you configured your coils in a dc biased way, could you boost the coil's saturation by placing permanent magnets in boost configuration to aid your coil's flux density until it collapses on the off side of the feed? Would flyback diodes help desaturate your coil on the off side?
You've peaked my interest.
you should do a tutorial about working with acrylic, this is awesome stuff!
Haha, it would be full of me screaming and threatening to give up halfway through the project #reallife
@@PlasmaChannel lol.
Well the results you archived are jealousy-inducing
Sounds great.
How about adding a couple of LEDs blinking at an adjustable frequency around the frequency of the arcs ? That way you may get a cool strobe effect where the arcs look like they’re in slowmo !
Cool experiments. 👍 That Zenith radio deserves a thorough cleaning imho. 😁
Great job.
;-)
Should try doping your wires....
Meyers was fond of silver or SS I forget, for his water capacitor.
Stepped at bonding angle of H2O.
Enjoy.
I KNEW that Tap Plastics looked familiar😉 AND the junk yard too! Although I wouldn’t really consider the latter anywhere near Seattle, but hey I get it👍🏽and totally dig it👌🏽
I am only familiar with a Plasma Plastics.
Try out a TL494 based audio modulated driver. It’s a massive improvement over the 555 based circuits. Should work fine on ignition coils, just will have some audible carrier frequency noise. I threw one together a while ago and no joke, it sounded as good as a high end tweeter.
Thanks, i'll look into that! News to me.
Nice unity.....
Although the audio's strange but probably because the sound is being played through plasma
5:43 - Ahh yes. The "I'm doing this search through a junkyard for this very specific part for the viewers!" Excuse. You know, I know, I'm pretty sure all subscribers to this channel know--that part was to satisfy your deep nerdy love towards these projects. Lemme just say.. What a classic! I used to say stuff like that to my parents when I spent all of my allowance money attempt to build a handheld high powered laser from the diodes in pc dvd-writable roms lmao