Yes i will definitely being doing that project. I bought a 2000 watt zvs but i might buy a smaller one to try first and get some learnings before i beef it up !
I built this circuit using the 12v supplied to the zvs circuit, and a secondary 36v supply to the primary. Gives me lovely 5" arc. I also experimented with using a cheap pwm 2kw fan speed controller from Amazon between the secondary transformer and bridge rectifier which actually allowed me to find the perfect point of resonance.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer Hello again, please help me. I have made the circuit but it does not work, I think the ZVS is not resonating at the right frequency. I have put the capacitor and the primary and secondary coils of a classic tesla coil that was already set to work in resonance but it does not work well, the arcs it outputs is only when approaching a metal and it is like the arc of a flybac, very hot but not much voltage. I used an irfp450 mosfet and for testing I powered it up to 55V. otherwise I have used the same circuit you have put in the video description. Thank you very much
@@BrianDhvTinkerer it has a topload, I will try to remove it and adjust the resonance again so that it works without it. Thank you, I have also just tried to connect it to 120V limiting the current with two 40W ballasts and there is no difference, it makes the same spark and consumes about 1A.
@@gabrielhacecosas Many people have tried those ZVS drivers from China & it didn't work same as SciTubeHB !!!! The truth is that behind the scene show!!!! They just don't want you to see! Everybody can do that, just put a lot of electronic circuitry here & there near your tesla coil, let some wires floating here & there and then you'll have hidden wires running somewhere to be powered by a powerful neon transformer! This is that neon transformer which will give you powerful outputs from your tesla coil! All these RUclips videos are just lame marketing so that we keep buying electronic components from China or buy their newly developed ZVS & in that way, our hard earned money is going into those Chinese pockets! If we really want to see big sparks out from our tesla coils, just power it by a beefy Neon transformer, you'll be much more happy. Sorry dude! But at times, this gets me angry seeing others fooling the world with lame videos!
I’ve just fabricated some boards to make this process a lot easier. They haven’t yet come in, but I’m expecting to get them on Wednesday and will give them a test run and if they look good, I’m gonna post a video on it and maybe give away a few free boards.
Wonderful I enjoy your work greatly And am impressed by the ease in which you do what you do" this is a lovely coil and setup , I think its high time I myself made something like this..! My humble thanks B-b
@@BrianDhvTinkerer Thank you so much. I've wanted to build this Tesla coil, and now I feel I can try. I will let you know when it's complete. Thanks for the inspiration!
Tesla used rubber insulated wire. The coils are wound so that there are air gaps between the turns. The varnish, when used in this manner, is a short-circuited component.
Tesla coil kits are available from OneTesla which need to be soldered but are real easy to put together with detailed instructions: onetesla.com/ EVR are a great source for educational Tesla Coil Build kits and they provide help if you just email them as I have done in the past. This is the very first coil I bought from them and it worked great: www.easternvoltageresearch.com/solid-state-tesla-coil-1-0-kit/ To get a fully assembled coil it is the most econical to go to Ebay or AliExpress. Here is one that looks like a great deal: www.ebay.com/itm/124455179676 If you adjust want the secondary coil they can be bought read wound and varnished: www.ebay.com/itm/222416538577 Many are available on EBay and AliExpress Hope this helps
@@caritoarias64 the thicker coil is quarter inch wide soft copper tubing which I bought from hardware store (Lowe’s) plumbing section. It can be wound into a coil by wrapping it around a piece of PVC pipe wider in diameter then the secondary coil so that it doesn’t make physical contact with the secondary. It will need to be tapped by connecting a moveable tapping point to adjust the resonant frequency close to that of the primary!! Then it should work- good luck and pm me if you need more help😄
when I set the circuit up with just the power supply NOT thru the chokes like on the schematic it doesn't work. When I hook the driver supply b4 the chokes it works without mains but I'm worried if I hook up mains in the same spot something bad will happen! Am I worried about nothing?
@@BrianDhvTinkerer what im saying is ur schematic has the 2 torroid chokes only hooked up to the variac power. ithought those were necessary for the zvs circuit to function. but if the zvs works on its own enough to light tubes, and the variac is off, the chokes are not yet part of the circuit right? or did i miss an "off the page" connection?
@@theGraphicAutist yep it definitely needs the chokes to work. Basically goes short circuit without those. The oscillations will not start up if the chokes are not present. I’m gonna check my diagram to see if there is something missing but I’m pretty sure that when I put up should be good. However, you never know.
Why have a fan to cool it? Just connect 2 power mosfets in parallel on a large heatsink so it does not get hot. I do that with other projects and it barely gets lukewarm.
942C20P15K-F 150 nF CDET high frequency pulse capacitor. These can be purchased from eastern voltage research. You can get them here: www.easternvoltageresearch.com/capacitor-0-15uf-2kv-942c/
I wound it around a 4.5 inch PVC pipe. I used 1/4 inch soft copper tubing which I got from Lowe’s or Home depot. Solid copper is too hard to wind easily but it can still be done!
@@BrianDhvTinkerer my coil is would around 4.5inch pvc and the nearest ace only has 4.5 inch. My copper tubing is just regular hollow copper. I wound one but it looks really unprofessional. My driver is a proper half bridge with interruptor Bluetooth audio receiver and running on mains. I’m competent at electronics but my building skills are child like.
I would like to see schematics. What's the input voltage? The voltage limit of regular ZVS should be 30V. Also there are a three wire output from ZVS, but I could see only two wires... Could you help please?
It’s this circuit for the driver: markobakula.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/royer_ih.png The capacitor is 2 x 150nF series connected 942C20P15K-F film capacitor series connected. ebay.us/ypUGVw The primary is 6 turns 0.25 inch soft copper tubing wound 4.5 inch diameter inner diameter on a 4.5 inch OD pvc pipe. The ZVS is powered to about 15V AC and tapped to give the same resonant frequency as the secondary (in my case 342 KHz) as measured using and oscilloscope and signal generator. My secondary which is 34 gauge copper magnet wire wound to 5-6 inches tall on a 3.5 inch PVC pipe gave me the 342kHz. The power supply is rectified smoothed mains from a variac.
Did you measure the resonant frequency of the primary with or without the secondary? I have all the parts you have, but I am struggling to get more than a very tiny arc. Also, my primary wires get super hot. I'm using 14 AWG wires, and they still get very hot. Thank you for this content. I have watched this video several times and am determined to replicate your results. Thank you!
I’ve just put together a PCB of the entire set up and it works great. I’m gonna post a video on the tuning today. Please check my latest video also which goes into the PCB. This is definitely gonna be the way to go with the set up because, it seems to work better with a PC layout.
The rectifier is simply two 10A10 diodes connected together in parallel and then connected series to one leg of the AC mains input thereby providing halfwave unsmoothed rectified input to the ZVS input which causes the ramped output
Great project n idea sir. Makes me want to build it for my self. But almost 1 week my setup not get the tune correctly because i didnt have any specific tools like yours. Is there any simple way or trick fo me to get resonant freq. Almost getting lost n tired in try n error..
The best way is to use a neon bulb. You need to start with a low capacitance for your tank circuit. Something around 150 nF. The tank circuit should use a polypropylene capacitor such as MKP that can handle high frequencies and high current. With the secondary centered in the primary. Ground the lowest turn on the secondary to earth ground. Then make sure both coils are wound in the same direction. Or reverse the connections on the primary if they are not wound in the same direction. Use a moveable tap point on the primary. Place neon bulb close to secondary. Apply low voltage around 12-15V to ZVS. Keep neon bulb at fixed distance from top of secondary. Then change tap point position until neon bulb lights the brightest. Then move neon bulb away from secondary. Then move tap point until it lights again and adjust for it to be brightest. It helps if the terminals on the neon bulb are grounded. Maximum brightness means secondary and primary are at the same resonant frequency. For fine tuning, adjust the size, length and shape of the breakout point. Sharp point is better. This setup will not work with a toroid.
@@Buzzhumma If you could replace the transformer with the bottom load you may be able to use the inverter's switching frequency. Don't know if this would be safe for the circuitry thought. Server power supplies could be an option. Possibly series up some old PC power supplies.
@@paulbyerlee2529 ok so first thing to check out is the frequency of the primary to see if it fast enough. I am not sure what frequency it is suppose to be but in this video he changed the capacitors to raise it so i would most likely have too uo the frequency. How fun 🤩
The common ground is not needed because only one MOSFET can be on at a time, and the set up functions as a full bridge. The charge flows through one end of the primary coil and into the drain of the opposing MOSFET and out of the source of the opposing mosfet and back to the power supply. This mosfet then switches off and the opposing mosfet which was off now switches on and the process repeats. The base of the secondary coil is connected to earth ground.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer can it drive a Tesla coil like that with a off the shelf zvs with out the common ground? Some one said to Earth ground the common terminal ?
The frequency of the off-the-shelf ZVS modules is too low usually around 50 - 80 kHz which cannot be used for a small tesla coil. If the capacitors are removed (usually about 3-6 µF) and replaced with a single 150 nF capacitor, then the frequency increases into the 200-500 kHz range, which is perfect for a small Tesla coil. The Tesla coil needs to be grounded to earth ground and not grounded to the ZVS.
would help for future collabs to make sure you leave a link in the description or pinned comment to the other channel. and be good to see some links to the zvs you used. the zvs i have built up with lcpcbs has more than enough on board capacitance with large 3nf high frequency caps and space for 3 for a total of 9nf, impute up to 110v so plenty of grunt too. happy to share some time. now we want to see what your big induction heater can do. this has to be the simplest solid state tesla coil and i dont see why i have't seen it before now. i shared your video on facebook and directly with Jason from plasma channel.
Hello sir This is amazing . And when i whach your incredible video it forced me to make zvs and your tesla in middle of night 😂😂 I got some arce from circuit and it was great . But with powering the gate without the main power i couldn't run any neon lamp . And i wander how cold this possible without current in drain to source ho could this happen . Kindly requst w little answer how could it oscillat Thanks
It works when the primary is reversed but there is more current draw and reduced output. The secondary magnetic field feeds back into the primary coil and knocks the zvs out of spontaneous resonance. It’s hard to explain why exactly but when theprimary leads were switched back, it then worked great with less current draw, less heating of the mosfets and much better output. Arc angel Tesla also observed the same thing.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer run your zvs at low power and run the bottom of the secondary to one of the gates of the mosfets. The correct mosfet gate will increase output and the wrong one will decrease output. Doing this will keep it in tune even if your capacitors are the wrong value for optimal resonance.
the force from the motor you made comes from the heat of the arc, not the electrons flowing. It couldn't be the electrons because they're flowing back and forth in and out of the wires at a very high frequency. ElectroBoom explains this in one of his videos about his tesla coil in a vacuum chamber.
It’s actually the positive ions that make the motion. With the alternating electric field on the break out point on the rotor it negative, electrons are pushed off the tip. As it is very difficult to negatively charge air molecules, very few of these electrons are able to leave the tip. However, when the tip becomes positive, electrons are ripped off the air molecules which happens much more easily. The positively ionized air molecules have more mass and are repealed away from the positively charged breakout point resulting in more motion compared with electrons.
the reason why you can't use a topload may be that it makes the coil much more selective in frequency, no problem (or even better) with a self adjusting coil but the ZVS is too strong to be even slightly tuned BY the secondary resonating
Yes Arc Angel Tesla already did it. Run the Tesla oil in CW mode and then pulse the input power via an opticoupler connected to a mosfet. The third mosfet can be used as a power switch to pulse the input lower . The square wave signal to turn the switch on and off can be from a 555 or a signal generator.
man ,would have worked better if you had some high voltage high frequency capacitors hooked up in parallel to each other and hooked up to the outputs from the inductor which creates resonance with each other to get a better leap in the performance and the voltage.
Thanks for the idea. The caps are rated for high frequency performance at high voltages and peak currents. MICA would be the next best if I could ever find one or even the games celem. Those cde caps are workhorse caps for Tesla coils and so far have held up fine. The limitation on the voltage is mainly the Mazilli layout itself!
if you don't smooth the main supply DC input (still smooth the gate supply, you might need to do some modifications to be able to have a separate gate supply) it will have larger output due to mains ramping and it will draw less
Very nice coil, but it goes the opposite of what tesla was trying to achieve. I have a tesla coil that runs off of five hundred watts and throws arcs four and a half feet .
The reason the watts consumption on my driverless setup is higher is it’s running continuous wave which significantly increases power consumption. Sounds like your coil is pulsed to give the long arcs- usually DDRRTC runs around 1% duty cycle.
I think that’s kind of pushing the limit with this circuit. It may be worth trying it, but I think you may have to try different types of MOSFETs to get it to work.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer tank you sir So right I tried to set the resonance to 680kHz but it wouldn't reach that frequency and the MOSFETs would overheat within 5 seconds And what is the reason that it is not possible to reach this frequency?
Yes i will definitely being doing that project. I bought a 2000 watt zvs but i might buy a smaller one to try first and get some learnings before i beef it up !
I built this circuit using the 12v supplied to the zvs circuit, and a secondary 36v supply to the primary. Gives me lovely 5" arc. I also experimented with using a cheap pwm 2kw fan speed controller from Amazon between the secondary transformer and bridge rectifier which actually allowed me to find the perfect point of resonance.
That’s awesome you got it running at resonance
Huh I never thought about driving a coil directly from them, seems neat
I was surprised how well it worked
I had been thinking about this concept and didn't know if it was possible, but now I see that it is possible.
Ik it’s amazing how well it works!
@@BrianDhvTinkerer Hello again, please help me. I have made the circuit but it does not work, I think the ZVS is not resonating at the right frequency. I have put the capacitor and the primary and secondary coils of a classic tesla coil that was already set to work in resonance but it does not work well, the arcs it outputs is only when approaching a metal and it is like the arc of a flybac, very hot but not much voltage.
I used an irfp450 mosfet and for testing I powered it up to 55V. otherwise I have used the same circuit you have put in the video description.
Thank you very much
@@gabrielhacecosas does your setup have a topload on the secondary coil? We found it does not work if there is a topload.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer it has a topload, I will try to remove it and adjust the resonance again so that it works without it. Thank you,
I have also just tried to connect it to 120V limiting the current with two 40W ballasts and there is no difference, it makes the same spark and consumes about 1A.
@@gabrielhacecosas Many people have tried those ZVS drivers from China & it didn't work same as SciTubeHB !!!! The truth is that behind the scene show!!!! They just don't want you to see! Everybody can do that, just put a lot of electronic circuitry here & there near your tesla coil, let some wires floating here & there and then you'll have hidden wires running somewhere to be powered by a powerful neon transformer! This is that neon transformer which will give you powerful outputs from your tesla coil! All these RUclips videos are just lame marketing so that we keep buying electronic components from China or buy their newly developed ZVS & in that way, our hard earned money is going into those Chinese pockets! If we really want to see big sparks out from our tesla coils, just power it by a beefy Neon transformer, you'll be much more happy. Sorry dude! But at times, this gets me angry seeing others fooling the world with lame videos!
Replacing the caps in the ZVS to get a higher frequency is a good idea and something I haven't thought of before, might have a go!
I’ve just fabricated some boards to make this process a lot easier. They haven’t yet come in, but I’m expecting to get them on Wednesday and will give them a test run and if they look good, I’m gonna post a video on it and maybe give away a few free boards.
this is awesome mate, been wondering if this was possible and i have a 1000A zvs sitting here that i built, and several secondaries laying around.
I connected everything and got a bulb to light up poorly. The wire keeps heating up. Is there something I did wrong?
Wonderful I enjoy your work greatly And am impressed by the ease in which you do what you do" this is a lovely coil and setup , I think its high time I myself made something like this..! My humble thanks B-b
Thank you. I always appreciate positive comments. Happy you found the video useful...
@@BrianDhvTinkerer Your welcome, I look Forward to more Plasmatic displays of Coronal Nudity .. hee hee
The ZVS has three outputs, but I only see two connected to the primary. Where are you connecting the third wire?
This is a modified ZVS. The only has two outputs instead of three. Here is the schematic:
images.app.goo.gl/JPUJv9kPMQJMr8b76
@@BrianDhvTinkerer Thank you so much. I've wanted to build this Tesla coil, and now I feel I can try. I will let you know when it's complete. Thanks for the inspiration!
Tesla used rubber insulated wire. The coils are wound so that there are air gaps between the turns. The varnish, when used in this manner, is a short-circuited component.
Absolutely phenomenal
Where can I purchase the tesla coil alone (thick and thinner coil)? I would like to get one. Thank you.
Tesla coil kits are available from OneTesla which need to be soldered but are real easy to put together with detailed instructions:
onetesla.com/
EVR are a great source for educational Tesla Coil Build kits and they provide help if you just email them as I have done in the past.
This is the very first coil I bought from them and it worked great:
www.easternvoltageresearch.com/solid-state-tesla-coil-1-0-kit/
To get a fully assembled coil it is the most econical to go to
Ebay or AliExpress. Here is one that looks like a great deal:
www.ebay.com/itm/124455179676
If you adjust want the secondary coil they can be bought read wound and varnished:
www.ebay.com/itm/222416538577
Many are available on EBay and AliExpress
Hope this helps
@@BrianDhvTinkerer the one from ebay looks great, but what about the outside thicker coil, where can I get it that would fit to this one? Thank you
@@caritoarias64 the thicker coil is quarter inch wide soft copper tubing which I bought from hardware store (Lowe’s) plumbing section. It can be wound into a coil by wrapping it around a piece of PVC pipe wider in diameter then the secondary coil so that it doesn’t make physical contact with the secondary. It will need to be tapped by connecting a moveable tapping point to adjust the resonant frequency close to that of the primary!! Then it should work- good luck and pm me if you need more help😄
when I set the circuit up with just the power supply NOT thru the chokes like on the schematic it doesn't work. When I hook the driver supply b4 the chokes it works without mains but I'm worried if I hook up mains in the same spot something bad will happen! Am I worried about nothing?
I would use a variac to be safe
@@BrianDhvTinkerer what im saying is ur schematic has the 2 torroid chokes only hooked up to the variac power. ithought those were necessary for the zvs circuit to function. but if the zvs works on its own enough to light tubes, and the variac is off, the chokes are not yet part of the circuit right? or did i miss an "off the page" connection?
@@theGraphicAutist yep it definitely needs the chokes to work. Basically goes short circuit without those. The oscillations will not start up if the chokes are not present. I’m gonna check my diagram to see if there is something missing but I’m pretty sure that when I put up should be good. However, you never know.
9:30 that looks oddly like something a guy who failed art school would make
Haha I guess!!!
Why have a fan to cool it? Just connect 2 power mosfets in parallel on a large heatsink so it does not get hot. I do that with other projects and it barely gets lukewarm.
Please provide the capacitor specs? Nice presentation!
942C20P15K-F 150 nF CDET high frequency pulse capacitor. These can be purchased from eastern voltage research. You can get them here:
www.easternvoltageresearch.com/capacitor-0-15uf-2kv-942c/
@@BrianDhvTinkerer thank you so much!
How did you wind the copper primary? I need help with mine.
I wound it around a 4.5 inch PVC pipe. I used 1/4 inch soft copper tubing which I got from Lowe’s or Home depot. Solid copper is too hard to wind easily but it can still be done!
@@BrianDhvTinkerer my coil is would around 4.5inch pvc and the nearest ace only has 4.5 inch. My copper tubing is just regular hollow copper. I wound one but it looks really unprofessional. My driver is a proper half bridge with interruptor Bluetooth audio receiver and running on mains. I’m competent at electronics but my building skills are child like.
I would like to see schematics. What's the input voltage? The voltage limit of regular ZVS should be 30V. Also there are a three wire output from ZVS, but I could see only two wires... Could you help please?
It’s this circuit for the driver: markobakula.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/royer_ih.png
The capacitor is 2 x 150nF series connected 942C20P15K-F film capacitor series connected.
ebay.us/ypUGVw
The primary is 6 turns 0.25 inch soft copper tubing wound 4.5 inch diameter inner diameter on a 4.5 inch OD pvc pipe. The ZVS is powered to about 15V AC and tapped to give the same resonant frequency as the secondary (in my case 342 KHz) as measured using and oscilloscope and signal generator. My secondary which is 34 gauge copper magnet wire wound to 5-6 inches tall on a 3.5 inch PVC pipe gave me the 342kHz. The power supply is rectified smoothed mains from a variac.
The third wire is Earth Ground...
Did you measure the resonant frequency of the primary with or without the secondary? I have all the parts you have, but I am struggling to get more than a very tiny arc. Also, my primary wires get super hot. I'm using 14 AWG wires, and they still get very hot. Thank you for this content. I have watched this video several times and am determined to replicate your results. Thank you!
Sounds like a driver issue. Did you do a center tap?
I’ve just put together a PCB of the entire set up and it works great. I’m gonna post a video on the tuning today. Please check my latest video also which goes into the PCB. This is definitely gonna be the way to go with the set up because, it seems to work better with a PC layout.
@@yelectric1893 I got it working! My 5-inch coil is throwing 15 inch arcs! The MOSFETs are barely warm! Thank you for the help!
Nice- do you have any pictures? Sounds awesome. Look out for the video. I’m going to post this evening.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer Awesome, I can't wait! Will you be sharing your PCB gerber files? I'm looking forward to viewing your video!
Can we have a video on how you made your rectifier?
The rectifier is simply two 10A10 diodes connected together in parallel and then connected series to one leg of the AC mains input thereby providing halfwave unsmoothed rectified input to the ZVS input which causes the ramped output
@@BrianDhvTinkerer awesome! Thank you so much for your answer! I love your channel, it’s amazing!
can 127v be used with mosfet irfp460 or igbt?
how old capacitors are conected, serial, paralel or mixture
I connected two 150 nF caps in series to get 75 nF. Also tried with just one 150nF cap and used a different primary tap point. Both ways worked well.
Great project n idea sir. Makes me want to build it for my self. But almost 1 week my setup not get the tune correctly because i didnt have any specific tools like yours. Is there any simple way or trick fo me to get resonant freq. Almost getting lost n tired in try n error..
The best way is to use a neon bulb. You need to start with a low capacitance for your tank circuit. Something around 150 nF. The tank circuit should use a polypropylene capacitor such as MKP that can handle high frequencies and high current. With the secondary centered in the primary. Ground the lowest turn on the secondary to earth ground. Then make sure both coils are wound in the same direction. Or reverse the connections on the primary if they are not wound in the same direction. Use a moveable tap point on the primary. Place neon bulb close to secondary. Apply low voltage around 12-15V to ZVS. Keep neon bulb at fixed distance from top of secondary. Then change tap point position until neon bulb lights the brightest. Then move neon bulb away from secondary. Then move tap point until it lights again and adjust for it to be brightest. It helps if the terminals on the neon bulb are grounded. Maximum brightness means secondary and primary are at the same resonant frequency. For fine tuning, adjust the size, length and shape of the breakout point. Sharp point is better. This setup will not work with a toroid.
I think a small inverter arc welder is a robust power supply . I might try that as well !
Will you mod it to give an ac output?
@@paulbyerlee2529 No. i was actually still going to use a zvs circuit powered by the welder but maybe that could be done ! 🤓
@@Buzzhumma If you could replace the transformer with the bottom load you may be able to use the inverter's switching frequency. Don't know if this would be safe for the circuitry thought. Server power supplies could be an option. Possibly series up some old PC power supplies.
@@paulbyerlee2529 ok so first thing to check out is the frequency of the primary to see if it fast enough. I am not sure what frequency it is suppose to be but in this video he changed the capacitors to raise it so i would most likely have too uo the frequency. How fun 🤩
How are you running the zvs without the common ground attached??
The common ground is not needed because only one MOSFET can be on at a time, and the set up functions as a full bridge. The charge flows through one end of the primary coil and into the drain of the opposing MOSFET and out of the source of the opposing mosfet and back to the power supply. This mosfet then switches off and the opposing mosfet which was off now switches on and the process repeats. The base of the secondary coil is connected to earth ground.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer can it drive a Tesla coil like that with a off the shelf zvs with out the common ground? Some one said to Earth ground the common terminal ?
The frequency of the off-the-shelf ZVS modules is too low usually around 50 - 80 kHz which cannot be used for a small tesla coil. If the capacitors are removed (usually about 3-6 µF) and replaced with a single 150 nF capacitor, then the frequency increases into the 200-500 kHz range, which is perfect for a small Tesla coil. The Tesla coil needs to be grounded to earth ground and not grounded to the ZVS.
would help for future collabs to make sure you leave a link in the description or pinned comment to the other channel. and be good to see some links to the zvs you used. the zvs i have built up with lcpcbs has more than enough on board capacitance with large 3nf high frequency caps and space for 3 for a total of 9nf, impute up to 110v so plenty of grunt too. happy to share some time. now we want to see what your big induction heater can do. this has to be the simplest solid state tesla coil and i dont see why i have't seen it before now. i shared your video on facebook and directly with Jason from plasma channel.
thx that’s awesome
about what is the max voltage i can feed to those zvs drivers?
The maximum I ever went was 60 V. Then it blew the transistors. So I would stay below 60 V DC.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer thank you!
ممتاز كيف اصنع ملفات تسلا
Thank you!
Is this dangerous?? to touch?
It is fine to touch. However, do not touch the metal that the plasma is originating from, as it will cause a radio frequency burn.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer ok thank you
Hello sir
This is amazing . And when i whach your incredible video it forced me to make zvs and your tesla in middle of night 😂😂
I got some arce from circuit and it was great . But with powering the gate without the main power i couldn't run any neon lamp .
And i wander how cold this possible without current in drain to source ho could this happen .
Kindly requst w little answer how could it oscillat
Thanks
9:50
:)) My man doesn't realize he made a swastika xD Also ions don't really have mass... is the heating the air around it that produces thrust.
I wonder why it won't work if the connections are reversed, maybe because it's a single pole primary feed..?
It works when the primary is reversed but there is more current draw and reduced output. The secondary magnetic field feeds back into the primary coil and knocks the zvs out of spontaneous resonance. It’s hard to explain why exactly but when theprimary leads were switched back, it then worked great with less current draw, less heating of the mosfets and much better output. Arc angel Tesla also observed the same thing.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer run your zvs at low power and run the bottom of the secondary to one of the gates of the mosfets. The correct mosfet gate will increase output and the wrong one will decrease output. Doing this will keep it in tune even if your capacitors are the wrong value for optimal resonance.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer i think its to do with the winding direction of the coils . Best if in same diection for the collapse.
the force from the motor you made comes from the heat of the arc, not the electrons flowing. It couldn't be the electrons because they're flowing back and forth in and out of the wires at a very high frequency. ElectroBoom explains this in one of his videos about his tesla coil in a vacuum chamber.
It’s actually the positive ions that make the motion. With the alternating electric field on the break out point on the rotor it negative, electrons are pushed off the tip. As it is very difficult to negatively charge air molecules, very few of these electrons are able to leave the tip. However, when the tip becomes positive, electrons are ripped off the air molecules which happens much more easily. The positively ionized air molecules have more mass and are repealed away from the positively charged breakout point resulting in more motion compared with electrons.
the reason why you can't use a topload may be that it makes the coil much more selective in frequency, no problem (or even better) with a self adjusting coil but the ZVS is too strong to be even slightly tuned BY the secondary resonating
Hi, without sparc gap?
Yes no spark gap
Completely solid state
I want that coil.
bravo c'est magnifique ! I'm going to make one
Awesome !
Smart idea
Any way to make these arcs bigger?
Yes Arc Angel Tesla already did it. Run the Tesla oil in CW mode and then pulse the input power via an opticoupler connected to a mosfet. The third mosfet can be used as a power switch to pulse the input lower . The square wave signal to turn the switch on and off can be from a 555 or a signal generator.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer Where can I purchase the tesla coil alone (thick and thinner coil)? I would like to get one. Thank you.
Nice 👍
I just added a link to the circuit diagram check here:
teslascience.wordpress.com/cw-tesla-coil-running-directly-off-a-zvs-driver/
Thanks 👍😊
man ,would have worked better if you had some high voltage high frequency capacitors hooked up in parallel to each other and hooked up to the outputs from the inductor which creates resonance with each other to get a better leap in the performance and the voltage.
Thanks for the idea. The caps are rated for high frequency performance at high voltages and peak currents. MICA would be the next best if I could ever find one or even the games celem. Those cde caps are workhorse caps for Tesla coils and so far have held up fine. The limitation on the voltage is mainly the Mazilli layout itself!
fun fact, Tesla coils were the original use of mazzillis
Cool did not know that
Awesome!
and what can you do with these ? Do you think Tesla made this transformer for tricks? Think about that
His hope was for energy transmission through the earth
@@BrianDhvTinkerer you may understand electronics, but you haven't understood its purpose
@@teslafreedomenergy haha yeah right😂
@@BrianDhvTinkerer for sure but this is not your fault. don't worry
actually the capacitors you have used is okay but it cant handle high frequency . you can use a 50 khz 1200 v MKPH capacitor
Those caps are the standard for Tesla coils. They can take a beating and handle very high currents especially when pulsed
if you don't smooth the main supply DC input (still smooth the gate supply, you might need to do some modifications to be able to have a separate gate supply) it will have larger output due to mains ramping and it will draw less
Thanks I’ll try that!
Check here:
teslascience.wordpress.com/cw-tesla-coil-running-directly-off-a-zvs-driver/
lmao at the anti-sem*tic ion rotor.. .!
Oudin coil!
Very nice coil, but it goes the opposite of what tesla was trying to achieve. I have a tesla coil that runs off of five hundred watts and throws arcs four and a half feet .
The reason the watts consumption on my driverless setup is higher is it’s running continuous wave which significantly increases power consumption. Sounds like your coil is pulsed to give the long arcs- usually DDRRTC runs around 1% duty cycle.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer it's just an old school static spark gap coil. I'm trying to calculate the size of my top load so that I get no spark display.
throw a big ass top load on there and I bet it will work better
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I made a ZVS driver in 2008 and it is easy to make. Mine even looks much better than the one you buy.
$34 is not cheap. Mine was even cheaper to build.
83790 Tristian Shore
Can I drive a coil with a resonant frequency of 680 kHz with this circuit?
I think that’s kind of pushing the limit with this circuit. It may be worth trying it, but I think you may have to try different types of MOSFETs to get it to work.
@@BrianDhvTinkerer tank you sir
So right I tried to set the resonance to 680kHz
but it wouldn't reach that frequency and the MOSFETs would overheat within 5 seconds
And what is the reason that it is not possible to reach this frequency?