Sorry for talking so quietly, this was recorded primarily during the early morning hours before I had to leave for college. If you have trouble understanding me, click the CC button in the bottom corner to enable the subtitles, which I have edited to say the correct stuff. Also go check out my new video on build a staccato QCW Tesla coil (much better quality): ruclips.net/video/MWlDGUHWMXw/видео.html
Are you familiar with DONALD L. SMITH and his energy generating devices using a Tesla coil as the driving device? He uses the extremely high voltage with low amperage to then drop the frequency back down to 60 Hz and then through a step down isolation transformer to get MAINS current at a greatly increased output compared to input.
Finally, a video that explains the important stuff you need to know about tesla coils. Thanks for making this! I plan on trying to make one, and this video definitely helps!
Thank YOU for watching this! I might do a follow up sometime in the future, since the video quality here isn't the best it could be and there is still much MUCH more to share about building a Tesla coil. If you're interested in Tesla coils, you'll be happy to hear that I'm currently collaborating with Jay from Plasma Channel as well as another, smaller RUclipsr to make a tutorial on the world's simplest SSTC! Stay tuned!
I've been watching your videos back to back and over and over to help fill in my understanding of resonant circuits and electronics in general. Thanks for such great content and cool to see you're still uploading!
Glad you appreciate it! Hopefully RUclips doesn't take this down for copyright infringement, but the music fit too perfectly to not use it! Better than the typical techno-pop music everyone uses, in my opinion.
No problem, should be coming out with another Tesla coil video soon. If all goes well, it should be a collaboration featuring Jay from Plasma Channel (a big-time high voltage RUclipsr)!
I've considered, but they're more finicky to work with, have more sensitive parts (like IGBT's), and can get pretty costly. I have built a SSTC, though, but it was a SUPER dumbed down version that was basically a slayer exciter. It was based off of Keystone Science's desktop SSTC, but had a more potent MOSFET and I plugged it directly into rectified mains with a ~2A capacitive ballast. It works great (for a mini coil), so I might post a vid of that once I get it back up and running again (I blew out the MOSFET after trying to add an Arduino interrupter and putting in 10A instead of 2A. It was cool while it lasted...).
@@LabCoatz_Science The "flyback" sstc blows up all MOSFETs/IGBT instantly, because of the huge inductive voltage spikes. You have to use half bridge with a GDT to achieve a DRSSTC operation + half bridge clamps the voltage of the IGBTS to the power supply voltage. Driver alone is pretty much in range of 20$, the costliest things are the bus capacitors,MMC, interrupter and the IGBTs.. Of course it's not easy and takes some time to get all the required knowledge, but the results are really worth it.
@@Antagon666 True. I love DRSSTC and SGTC for different reasons. I love DRSSTC because of their highly-controllable BPS/duty cycle, their quieter nature (they lack a noisy spark gap, as you well know), and their efficiency. I love SGTC because of their robust nature, simplicity, and straight raw power. For generating gigantic arcs, I go for a SGTC. For smaller, quiet indoor arcs, I enjoy my mini SSTC running in CW mode (it's fairly quiet, aside from the low 60Hz hum from the rectified mains). When I started building my SSTC, I knew it wouldn't be super efficient and the MOSFETs would likely have a hard time, so I took the easy route (opposed to just building a better circuit) and crammed in the most powerful MOSFET I could find for a good price (mine was a 1kW IXFQ60N50P3's from Digikey for about $7). It did what I wanted and ran well at low power (made nice 1" sparks at 1-2A input at 170VDC. Again, not super efficient, but hey! the FET was cool to the touch!), but I got greedy and overpowered it. Now, I'll probably order a new MOSFET and keep it under 2A this time around. If I was to ever build a DRSSTC, I would make a QCW model (of course, that would probably cost me quite a good sum of money, and I know very little about how to get one working. Ah well, one can dream). Good luck on your future coil building!
Mate this is by far the best one I,ve seen and I,ve seen a lot on how to build Tesla coils. You also explained the phisics and inductance in a easy way. I am trying to build my first one and have been having trouble because I,m having to learn electronics, electricity and magnetics from RUclips cheers
Thanks for the comment (and subscription), glad I could help in you! I really was hoping to make Tesla coils as non-confusing as possible for people wanting to build one. Believe me, when I first started out, I thought an oil burner transformer was like some kind of oil-powered generator or something, so I was pretty lost. It makes me happy to know I've helped eliminate the confusion of a few other people. I'm currently collaborating with Plasma Channel (~140k subs) and another smaller channel to make the guide to the world's simplest solid-state Tesla coil, so stay tuned! Happy holidays, and good luck on your Tesla coil!
@@LabCoatz_Science Thanks mate, glad you replied. I will now edit my comment, you see why, don't want everyone seeing that. lol. Yer I,ve been learning for a year now and learnt a lot, but there's so much more to learn. Will check that your other vids soon. cheers
Amazing! Well thought out and beautifully explained. Super under-appreciated content, couldn't believe a video of this high quality came from a channel with under 200 subs. I subscribed and I'm looking forward to more videos in the future :)
Glad you liked it! If it's extreme science you like, you've come to the right channel! I'm hoping to have a new video out before Christmas on how to make the world's simplest (and cheapest) solid state Tesla coil. I'm collaborating with Jay from Plasma Channel and another smaller channel in that video, so stay tuned!
If only you knew, my friend! Next video will be RUclips's biggest Tesla coil collaboration, and I will be building a true, half-bridge SSTC, as well as giving away some PCB's for it! So far, it's looking like my best coil yet, and the video will be super informative on the somewhat obscure topic of H-bridge SSTCs! Stay tuned for that!
thank you so much!! im planning to build my first tesla coil soon and this really helped I think im going to use 3 mots and a homemade mmc capacitor bank since I dont know where to find them online
Glad I could help, hope your coil turns out well! If your curious about where to find capacitors online, I'd recommend websites like Digikey or Mouser. You can get some good caps off eBay, but the titles can be misleading sometimes (plenty of what they call "tesla coil capacitors" are polystyrene, which I learned the hard way wouldn't last a second in a real coil).
Glad you enjoyed my video! It may not be a DRSSTC, but I'm going to be posting a how-to on the world's simplest SSTC very soon! I collaborated with two other channels to make it happen (including Jay from Plasma Channel), and the results are reproducible and very spectacular (over 5" sparks from my 7" coil). Soon to follow, I'll be making a how-to on building a universal interrupter for it. Stay tuned!
@@LabCoatz_Science THAT GONNA BE SUPER HELPFUL FOR MANY PEOPLE. WHEN I BUILT MY FIRST DRSSTC/ SSTC WAS HARD CUZ I DID’NT UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THINGS AND STILL THIS DAYS IM ALWAYS READING AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MANY THINGS WITH THE DRIVER CUZ MY ENGLISH IS NOT THE BEST AND I NEED TO COPY AND PASTE MANY ARTICLES TO THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE PROGRAM TO UNDERSTAND A BIT, LOL. MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME LEARN QUICKER OR BETTER JUST BY WATCHING OTHERS. THANKS AND I’ll BE WAITING FOR THAT. HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR YOU A YOUR FAMILY.
@@tonyvtech25 Happy New Year to you too! My video will be out within the month, hope it helps you understand SSTC science a little better! I walk through a lot of the details and discoveries I made about the circuit, and include a lot of visuals to help show what I mean (plus a parts list in the video description!). The production quality is also going to be much better, so I'm hoping the video does well and lots of people see it and learn from it!
Thanks! If I recall correctly, I just wrapped the magnet wire from the secondary directly onto the steel bolt that helped mount the topload. I honestly could've just use some tape though, lol.
This is amazing production quality for such a small channel! Most informative video on actually building a tesla coil I've seen so far. Any plans on doing a similar video on Solid state/ musical tesla coils?
Yes, in fact! I'm currently doing a collaboration with Plasma Channel and another smaller channel on how to build the world's simplest SSTC with the greatest output (hopefully over a few inches). No finicky driver IC's, no tuning, just pure SSTC power! Stay tuned!
@@LabCoatz_Science If I'm not mistaken, diodegonewild already did it with very few components & without any GDT. He also explained everything very clearly. Just take a close look at his SSTC videos, you'll see that his SSTC isn't that difficult at all. He's a great coiler too. Jmartis & Teslista 555, those guys too have done great built too.
I am very pleased you are in the coiler community! Very nice video, I have always loved Tesla Coils (including SGTCs, VTTCs, ISSTCs, DRSSTCs Audio Modulated DRSSTCs, Slayer Exciter and also the Ballasted Slayer Exciter ones). Very nice tutorial, be wary about the secondary windings in your MOTs however, they are picky about high frequency kickback. However you have designed the Spark Gap in parallel with the secondary (by far the best choice because the gap shunts the high frequency kickback through itself). Also I'm surprised to see you use MOTs that are not Ballasted. How long does it take for them to get too hot?
Thanks! I've honestly never run the coil for over fifteen second bursts (not really sure why), and the MOT's barely get warm after a few of these runs. I was worried about using unballasted MOTs too (since they draw so much current), but somehow, the coil hasn't tripped the breaker yet, and nothing has failed in the years that I've had it. Not that surprising, actually, since I rarely run the big coil. The spark gap has been super hard to maintain, and I'm still trying to set up one that works reliably, lol! The original one worked fine for a few runs, but these large coils chew through steel electrodes like candy, so it was eventually worn down too much to fire.
@@LabCoatz_Science Same as you man, I'm trying to figure out a vacuum quenched spark gap same as those Epcos spark gap type. Have a look at my little video "Amazing little desktop spark gap tesla coil". There are several videos. Look at the one where you'll find I've quenched my spark gap in a small plastic bottle. It was silent & gave me great output. Thanks for your videos. They are all great. Keep it up Norman.
One of the best tutorial for making tesla coil. It helped me to clear most of my doubts about tesla coil construction. I still have a doubt . I am gonna use a flyback transformer for powering the input coil. As a flyback generates high voltage sawtooth signals, do I really need to connect it via a spark gap and capacitor bank ??? As the saw tooth signal is itself an intermittent ramp, can i connect it directly to the primary coil ?
Hi Great Job, thx for the nice Video. One question... how can i Control the coil? -> Playing Music on it etc. I mean what Controller or how is this working? I know its about controlling the sparks because they are creating heat in the Air wich then causes the Air to extend... but how to build an Controller?
Spark gap coils are basically incapable of playing music. The only means you have for controlling this type of coil is either adjusting the rotary gap's firing rate or varying the input power. If you want music, you'll have to look into solid state Tesla coils or DRSSTC's. Hope that helps!
Glad you liked it! Most high voltage transformers (aside from television flyback transformers) just plug straight into your ordinary home wall socket. The coil I built uses three microwave oven transformers with outputs in series to power it, and it can be ran from a ordinary 15-amp plug. The primary's of the transformers are connected in electrical parallel, and properly phased so the outputs add together instead of cancelling out. Hope that helps!
Thanks! I was really hoping other people would find this helpful, and it looks like the video is finally getting out there. I was kinda worried people would see it as just another low-quality RUclips vid and be put off by the somewhat poor audio balance (in my opinion) or music choice (Metallica isn't for everyone). I'm still pretty new to YouTubing, so I'm still trying to find out what works best. Comments like yours truly help me gauge how people feel about my content, so thanks for commenting!
Glad you liked it! Wish I had the equipment/knowledge a few years ago to make this video even better, but it's still pretty alright for what it is. I'm much more proud of my latest Tesla coil video's quality, lol!
You get extra points for recognizing the audio mix was not right. It's amazing how many mix poorly or allow room reverb to ruin the project. Oh well. I imagine AI will step in to deal with such problems before long. The most recent presentation of nearly simultaneous audio AND video translation - in which the lips are altered to match the language translated to - is impressive and available, or soon will be.
Hello LabCoatz! Could you please help me? Do you think that 0.2mm wire is thick enough? (2k turns, 0.4m tall) If you have time to help, I can send you more details. Thank you in advance!
You CAN...just shouldn't. Some large, well-built ceramic capacitor will last for a while in a Tesla coil circuit (like "doorknob" capacitors), but the small ones you typically get for cheap will just incinerate. Ceramic capacitors tend to overheat at high frequencies, but that's not their main issue. The main issue is that their voltage rating drops off significantly as the applied frequency increases. For example, a 1kVDC ceramic capacitor might be able to handle only 200VAC when operated at 300kHz (300kHz would typically constitute a fairly large Tesla coil). As frequency increases, the capacitor's breakdown voltage decreases. For a small Tesla coil with a 700kHz resonant frequency, that same 1kVDC ceramic capacitor might only be able to handle 100VAC! That is why it's usually best to stay away from ceramic capacitors when building a spark gap Tesla coil.
💯💯What you said at the end!! all the actual, important, needed, information you had asked when first getting started with yours! from someone with knowledge from actually doing it themselves! I feel so let down when I finish half the how to videos, like a lot of the do it yourself video guys need to be do it themselves first! 🤪 Lots of amazing useful screenshots from this video I will be referring to in the near future! That’s for sure! You got some Crazy results! Looking forward to seeing what else you do with your channel! Thanks man!
Thank you very much, glad you liked it! I'm currently collaborating with Jay from Plasma Channel and another smaller channel to make a how-to video on the world's simplest solid state Tesla coil. The production quality is going to be far better, and the results are rather impressive! I'm also going to make a video on Tesla coil optimization (to help cover some additional stuff I didn't quite cover in this video) and a how-to on a super simple universal interrupter. Stay tuned, my friend!
LabCoatz that’s wicked man!! Looking forward to seeing!!! I actually just recently started keeping up with Jay’s Channel! -I weld, and have always been technically inclined so I Started myself off with Jay’s Arc lighter voltage multiplier, yea I’m hooked loll 🤪 But I’ve Always wanted to build one of these! the plethora that is physics got distracting however hahah ..first ended up getting really into lasers and coming up with some.. trippy? Neato pictures! trying to make my own galvanometers.. @hd_laser_art on Insta if you’re at all interested in some science art stuff? 🤷🏻♂️🤪 ..then microscopy, converged the two and planned out my own laser confocal microscope-currently resource limited 😛 And just last night got my CRT TV oscilloscope working correctly! Super cool hah but I’m just finally at the stop in my journey where I’m starting to put all the little things I’ve learned about circuit building together! And I neeed some plasma in my life ⚡️⚡️ So thank you kindly sir 🙇🏻♂️
excellent video, but i am a bit puzzeld with your rotary spark gap device....hmmmm how does it work ? and why two simple screw with a gap is not good enough ?
This video has been an amazing help but I was wondering what I would have to do so that I could play music through it. I know that it plays music by increasing and decreasing the frequency at which it emits the sparks but I'm not sure how.
Thanks for the question! It would be extremely hard to play music through a spark gap Tesla coil (in fact, nobody has even done it yet). The so-called "musical Tesla coils" are all solid state (SSTC's or DRSSTC's). Essentially, a Tesla coil plays music by altering the BPS, which in turn changes the sound the arc makes. Spark gap coils would be hard-pressed to do this, since the BPS is determined by the speed of a rotary gap's motor. However, with a solid state coil, the coil's driving currents are switched on and off by transistors, so making music is much easier. Hope that's helpful! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
It is a kind of Tesla coil but it is not operating as originally intended by its inventor. The video is in fact showing the operation of a huge automobile ignition coil. The true operation of a Tesla coil is based on what Tesla called "radiant electricity". It is not a resonant circuit per se. The induction in a true Tesla coil should not be magnetic but more like electrostatic induction. It is important to keep in mind that many articles indicate that the generation of "radiant electricity" happens only at the instant when the voltage is applied to the primary coil and prior to the flow of electric chargers. The generation of RADIANT ELECTRICITY would disappear once electric currents start flowing in the conductor or in the form of electric arc in air. It is said that avoiding the occurrances of electric arcs was the main challenge Tesla experienced when operating the coil to transmit wireless electricity - or Radiant Electricity. I have done some research on this matter and the conditions for generating "radiant electricity" are kind of tricky. Tesla used to apply a voltage to the primary coil of very high magnitudes and frequencies. Generating "radiant electricity" from the primary coil should require voltages with extremly high dv/dt. The latter is the reason why the primary coil should not have more than one or two turns with large air gaps separating the turns of the primary coil to minimize self inductance and with large air gaps from the secondary coil to minimize mutual inductance. Otherwise, the inductance of the primary coil would limit the dv/dt that is required to generate "radiant electricity". Because the induction in a Tesla coil is electrostactic, the effects of the Lenz's law should not apply, which in theory should make the Tesla coil a free energy device. The effect of the Lenz's law in magnetic field inductions is the main reason why electric transformers and rotaring generators always output less power than the input. It is interesting how the Tesla's inventive concept for "radiant electricity" has been used in other embodiments. For example, Steven Marks invented the Toroidal Power Unit (TPU) which consists of a multi-turn secondary coil with a circular shape and a primary coil having a single turn running along the center of the secondary coil. Basically, the TPU is a Tesla coil with a primay single-turn coil running inside the secondary coil with many turns. A typical Tesla coil has a one-turn primary coil located outside. See this video of a presentation of Steven Marks and the TPU in the 1980s: (I apologize but I was not able to paste the youtube link for the video with this comment. I will keep trying. However, you can find several videos about this device if you seach youtube using the following keywords "Steven Marks Toroidal Power Unit TPU" After several failed attempts, here is one of the Steven Marks videos: ruclips.net/video/_hWI6LKmZ7w/видео.htmlsi=EiRWpEo15out6s4p Thanks😮
Does the spark in the spark gap get initialized by the high voltage from transformers output or from the capacitor reaching a certain voltage? I never understood this part
Technically, it would be the voltage in the capacitor, although the capacitor charges so fast in a Tesla coil, it may as well be the transformer initializing the gap.
I did, it's a basic spark gap Tesla coil schematic: spark gap in parallel with the power supply, capacitor bank and primary coil in series after spark gap, and a secondary coil with one end connected to ground.
Did you run the MOT power supply off a variac or ballast it or anything? Or just straight off mains at ~400mA? Also did you tap the primary, and if so how? Great video btw, and metallica rocks!
I am fascinated with this design and love to build one TC myself. Could you help me with a little more detailed schema , construction design and the reference of components and where to buy?
My father recently passed away and while going through his workshop, I ran across what looks like a Tesla coil he built while teaching his VO-Tech electronics class. Mom says it quit working a few years after he built it and he never got around to making the repairs. I would like to revive his Tesla coil project and get it working again but I'm not sure where to start. Any advice?
Assuming it's a spark gap Tesla coil like the ones in this video, it should have the same circuit layout and all of the same basic parts: two coils (one large coil made with thin magnet wire and one small one made with thicker wire or pipe), a capacitor bank, a power supply (usually some kind of heavy, iron-core transformer that produces the high voltage), and the spark gap. Check all the parts and see if anything is broken. As long as the transformer produces high voltage, the spark gap fires, the capacitors are not shorted, and the coils are in tune (they likely are if your father had it working before), then it should work. My best advice is to learn as much about them as possible (and be safe, of course) and don't give up. I put a lot of links in this video's description that should be quite useful. Hope that helps, feel free to reach out again if you have trouble!
@@LabCoatz_Science I have not plugged it in yet but there is a tall coil made of insulated copper wire very similar to yours and a primary coil much smaller near the bottom of the secondary coil. There is a iron core transformer and what looks like an automotive coil connected in the circuit. I'm wondering if the coil fills the role of a capacitor. There is not a top load on the secondary coil like yours but there is a large heavy gage wire sticking out the top. There is another long heavy gage wire coming from the base up to the top of the secondary coil...I assume that a spark jumps between the two heavy wires when turned on but I don't know for sure. I have not traced the longer of the two heavy gage wires to know what it attaches to at the bottom. I would like to send you some photos...maybe to an email address? I really learned a lot from your video and I appreciate the way you make electricity understandable.
@@dalefonville2482 Sure, feel free to email me at zlabcoatz@gmail.com! The wire at the bottom of the secondary coil (the larger coil) should just connect to ground. If it's not connected to ground, the output tends to be much weaker, from my experience. And that "automotive coil" could very well be the capacitor (especially if it has markings on it like uF or nF, which symbolize microfarads and nanofarads, the units of capacitance). Send me a bunch of photos and I'll do my best to analyze them!
@@LabCoatz_Science Sounds good. I'm at work right now but I'll take some photos this evening and send them your way tomorrow. Thanks again for taking time to help me out.
You could build one as tall as a skyscraper or as small as a desk toy, if you have the money and materials. Realistically, the largest pipe diameter you could probably find for a coil is 12" (although that will set you back a few hundred dollars), which could be be used to make a 6-foot secondary coil.
Hello, I read at teslacoildesign where metallized or metal film capacitors should not be used. You are using self-healing capacitors. Are they metal film?
With small coils, nearly nothing (except maybe some scorching of the skin, if you touch the arcs directly). With medium coils, like this one, you'd feel your muscles contract, and if the output is high enough, you may experience issues... even death, with larger units. My general rule of thumb: don't touch sparks larger than 2 feet (1 foot if you wanna be safe, and never with a pacemaker).
Hi Zack, I’ve followed your circuit and have successfully built my first ever tesla coil. Heartfelt thanks and appreciation for your efforts. Just for the sake of safety, can you suggest, by your experience, which are the major components to fail in this circuit apart from Mosfet and its driver in case of a flash in pcb?
In the solid-state circuits, the most likely things to fail after the MOSFETs/IGBTs are the TVS diodes across the transistor drain and source (if they are present), then the bridge rectifier, and finally, any of the small ICs (mainly the UCC driver). I've never killed a 74HC14, 7812, 7805, or any non-logic component, but I have accidentally killed a few 555 timers because of misconnections, and a UCC27425 once or twice by pushing the duty cycle too high on the interrupter.
Thanks for the info. I’m checking the board with a scope and the GDT is buzzing as expected. Output from MOSFET is less than half of input (supplying 30VDC for testing). The output from the antenna does not vary at all (200mV square wave, unreliable frequency). I’m struggling to figure out the solution.
Finally, it’s done. It’s important to check the soldering in pads after a flash. Sometimes they do get damaged. Resoldering suspected areas fixed this.
I am thinking about building a SGTC with a small 5kv 5ma neon sign transformer, an older non GFI transformer. I am having trouble choosing a capacitor,should I go withan older 6KVDC cap, or wire up some dublier caps? I don't like MOT'S because I want kinda toy type TC, that won't kill me should something go wrong. I was going to go with two brass balls with an adjustable, Nylon bolt to adjust gap. I will have to use the program to work out the amount of wire for my primary and secondary. I am thinking this coil might output 150,000- 200,000 KV if properly adjusted and tuned
How did you know the value of capacitance sir? Are you familiar with Mr Don Smith's Resonance coil system sir? I would love to reproduce his work and it involves resonance and tuning which requires the type of components you have just demonstrated ( with great understanding I might add ) but I am at a loss to go about figuring the necessary values of components. Thank you sir for any advice.
Never had good experiences with those honestly. They require more wire and are harder to set up, whereas a helical coil can get you the exact same performance without all the hassle. That's just my opinion anyways!
@@LabCoatz_Science I agree they are harder to set up but the reason I suggested it is the coil ends up creating a capacitance in the coil and increase current the circuit would more than likely have to be tuned to the coil but anyways I'm a fairly new subscriber and I love the content please keep it up!!!!
How did you wire up the 3 microwave transformers (not that they are in series i mean how did you connect them to the power outlet) Amazing video btw!!!
Plays Metallica for outro... but NOT "Ride The LIGHTNING"?! 🤔😅 Kinda curious though, back in the day when Napster made file sharing your favorite MP3's easy, Metallica was one of the most vocal complainers/whiners over copyright claims, did this video get any complaints for using "Battery"?
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Sorry for talking so quietly, this was recorded primarily during the early morning hours before I had to leave for college. If you have trouble understanding me, click the CC button in the bottom corner to enable the subtitles, which I have edited to say the correct stuff. Also go check out my new video on build a staccato QCW Tesla coil (much better quality): ruclips.net/video/MWlDGUHWMXw/видео.html
BATTERY!!!!!!
Are you familiar with DONALD L. SMITH and his energy generating devices using a Tesla coil as the driving device? He uses the extremely high voltage with low amperage to then drop the frequency back down to 60 Hz and then through a step down isolation transformer to get MAINS current at a greatly increased output compared to input.
Excellent work. Don't mind low sound decibel. That is your decency
Finally, a video that explains the important stuff you need to know about tesla coils. Thanks for making this! I plan on trying to make one, and this video definitely helps!
Thank YOU for watching this! I might do a follow up sometime in the future, since the video quality here isn't the best it could be and there is still much MUCH more to share about building a Tesla coil. If you're interested in Tesla coils, you'll be happy to hear that I'm currently collaborating with Jay from Plasma Channel as well as another, smaller RUclipsr to make a tutorial on the world's simplest SSTC! Stay tuned!
Congrats man , one of the best videos I’ve watched so far about Tesla coils, keep it up bro ⚡️.
Thanks man, I plan to!
Can you shut off NANOTECHNOLOGY mind Kontrol military grade v2k?????please help me from America....they try to make sexual slavery!!!!
I've been watching your videos back to back and over and over to help fill in my understanding of resonant circuits and electronics in general. Thanks for such great content and cool to see you're still uploading!
Loved the video and music choices 🤘🤘
Metallica FOREVER man!
Nice video! I've been building coils since middle school. I couldn't give better advice myself!
Thank you so very much for your excellent detailed explanation of your Tesla coil! Also love you choice of music! Rock on!!!
The best video you can ever get for a Tesla coil thanks a lot man!
This is the best Tesla build I've seen in my life
Finally some badass music
Glad you appreciate it! Hopefully RUclips doesn't take this down for copyright infringement, but the music fit too perfectly to not use it! Better than the typical techno-pop music everyone uses, in my opinion.
@@LabCoatz_Science If you're worried about RUclips & their communism censorship start another channel or 2 for backups
@@inthemountainswithmeachum3256 Definitely something I will consider, good idea!
Very useful. I didn't think I'd learn that much since I've built a tesla coil, but I actually ended up learning a lot. Thanks!
No problem, should be coming out with another Tesla coil video soon. If all goes well, it should be a collaboration featuring Jay from Plasma Channel (a big-time high voltage RUclipsr)!
@@LabCoatz_Science OOoo that would be so cool! Can't wait!
Good job dude. I'm here from the collab video. Congrats on the 1k subs
Thanks! Just wait until you see the collab I'm doing with Jay on his channel, Plasma Channel! 😉
@@LabCoatz_Science omg sounds awesome 👍⚡
The best intelligent detailed explanation of Tesla coil and its fundamental I have seen. Thanks 🙏
Now make a DRSSTC, has it's own challenges. But the things you can do with it are just awesome.
I've considered, but they're more finicky to work with, have more sensitive parts (like IGBT's), and can get pretty costly. I have built a SSTC, though, but it was a SUPER dumbed down version that was basically a slayer exciter. It was based off of Keystone Science's desktop SSTC, but had a more potent MOSFET and I plugged it directly into rectified mains with a ~2A capacitive ballast. It works great (for a mini coil), so I might post a vid of that once I get it back up and running again (I blew out the MOSFET after trying to add an Arduino interrupter and putting in 10A instead of 2A. It was cool while it lasted...).
@@LabCoatz_Science The "flyback" sstc blows up all MOSFETs/IGBT instantly, because of the huge inductive voltage spikes. You have to use half bridge with a GDT to achieve a DRSSTC operation + half bridge clamps the voltage of the IGBTS to the power supply voltage. Driver alone is pretty much in range of 20$, the costliest things are the bus capacitors,MMC, interrupter and the IGBTs..
Of course it's not easy and takes some time to get all the required knowledge, but the results are really worth it.
@@Antagon666 True. I love DRSSTC and SGTC for different reasons. I love DRSSTC because of their highly-controllable BPS/duty cycle, their quieter nature (they lack a noisy spark gap, as you well know), and their efficiency. I love SGTC because of their robust nature, simplicity, and straight raw power. For generating gigantic arcs, I go for a SGTC. For smaller, quiet indoor arcs, I enjoy my mini SSTC running in CW mode (it's fairly quiet, aside from the low 60Hz hum from the rectified mains). When I started building my SSTC, I knew it wouldn't be super efficient and the MOSFETs would likely have a hard time, so I took the easy route (opposed to just building a better circuit) and crammed in the most powerful MOSFET I could find for a good price (mine was a 1kW IXFQ60N50P3's from Digikey for about $7). It did what I wanted and ran well at low power (made nice 1" sparks at 1-2A input at 170VDC. Again, not super efficient, but hey! the FET was cool to the touch!), but I got greedy and overpowered it. Now, I'll probably order a new MOSFET and keep it under 2A this time around. If I was to ever build a DRSSTC, I would make a QCW model (of course, that would probably cost me quite a good sum of money, and I know very little about how to get one working. Ah well, one can dream). Good luck on your future coil building!
Great video, and awesome music!!
I thought I had seen this one at first, apparently not. Fantastic work here, and very well explained!
That's epic o.o
Mate this is by far the best one I,ve seen and I,ve seen a lot on how to build Tesla coils. You also explained the phisics and inductance in a easy way. I am trying to build my first one and have been having trouble because I,m having to learn electronics, electricity and magnetics from RUclips cheers
Thanks for the comment (and subscription), glad I could help in you! I really was hoping to make Tesla coils as non-confusing as possible for people wanting to build one. Believe me, when I first started out, I thought an oil burner transformer was like some kind of oil-powered generator or something, so I was pretty lost. It makes me happy to know I've helped eliminate the confusion of a few other people. I'm currently collaborating with Plasma Channel (~140k subs) and another smaller channel to make the guide to the world's simplest solid-state Tesla coil, so stay tuned! Happy holidays, and good luck on your Tesla coil!
@@LabCoatz_Science Thanks mate, glad you replied. I will now edit my comment, you see why, don't want everyone seeing that. lol. Yer I,ve been learning for a year now and learnt a lot, but there's so much more to learn. Will check that your other vids soon. cheers
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Sounds like Master of Puppets, looks like Ride the Lightning. Probably really smelled like ozone lol. I approve.
Amazing! Well thought out and beautifully explained. Super under-appreciated content, couldn't believe a video of this high quality came from a channel with under 200 subs. I subscribed and I'm looking forward to more videos in the future :)
Glad you liked it! If it's extreme science you like, you've come to the right channel! I'm hoping to have a new video out before Christmas on how to make the world's simplest (and cheapest) solid state Tesla coil. I'm collaborating with Jay from Plasma Channel and another smaller channel in that video, so stay tuned!
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Thank you very much for sharing information about Tesla coils... Your tutorial is easy to understand. Guess I'll put this on my to-do list😅
Excellent stuff. Hope you're planning on doing more (even more in depth) how to's on making tesla coils. This was awesome.
If only you knew, my friend! Next video will be RUclips's biggest Tesla coil collaboration, and I will be building a true, half-bridge SSTC, as well as giving away some PCB's for it! So far, it's looking like my best coil yet, and the video will be super informative on the somewhat obscure topic of H-bridge SSTCs! Stay tuned for that!
thank you so much!!
im planning to build my first tesla coil soon and this really helped
I think im going to use 3 mots and a homemade mmc capacitor bank since I dont know where to find them online
Glad I could help, hope your coil turns out well! If your curious about where to find capacitors online, I'd recommend websites like Digikey or Mouser. You can get some good caps off eBay, but the titles can be misleading sometimes (plenty of what they call "tesla coil capacitors" are polystyrene, which I learned the hard way wouldn't last a second in a real coil).
Underrated youtuber
EXTREMELY helpfull and well-explained video! I've always wanted to build a SGTC, and you made my life easier!
I WISH A VIDEO LIKE THIS WHEN I WAS BUILDING MY FIRST TESLA COIL FEW YEARS BACK. NOW WE NEED ONE FOR DRSSTC. BTW NICE VIDEO !!!!
Glad you enjoyed my video! It may not be a DRSSTC, but I'm going to be posting a how-to on the world's simplest SSTC very soon! I collaborated with two other channels to make it happen (including Jay from Plasma Channel), and the results are reproducible and very spectacular (over 5" sparks from my 7" coil). Soon to follow, I'll be making a how-to on building a universal interrupter for it. Stay tuned!
@@LabCoatz_Science THAT GONNA BE SUPER HELPFUL FOR MANY PEOPLE. WHEN I BUILT MY FIRST DRSSTC/ SSTC WAS HARD CUZ I DID’NT UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THINGS AND STILL THIS DAYS IM ALWAYS READING AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MANY THINGS WITH THE DRIVER CUZ MY ENGLISH IS NOT THE BEST AND I NEED TO COPY AND PASTE MANY ARTICLES TO THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE PROGRAM TO UNDERSTAND A BIT, LOL. MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME LEARN QUICKER OR BETTER JUST BY WATCHING OTHERS. THANKS AND I’ll BE WAITING FOR THAT. HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR YOU A YOUR FAMILY.
@@tonyvtech25 Happy New Year to you too! My video will be out within the month, hope it helps you understand SSTC science a little better! I walk through a lot of the details and discoveries I made about the circuit, and include a lot of visuals to help show what I mean (plus a parts list in the video description!). The production quality is also going to be much better, so I'm hoping the video does well and lots of people see it and learn from it!
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Hey, great Video!
What did you use to connect the secondary to the toroid?
Thanks! If I recall correctly, I just wrapped the magnet wire from the secondary directly onto the steel bolt that helped mount the topload. I honestly could've just use some tape though, lol.
This is amazing production quality for such a small channel!
Most informative video on actually building a tesla coil I've seen so far.
Any plans on doing a similar video on Solid state/ musical tesla coils?
Yes, in fact! I'm currently doing a collaboration with Plasma Channel and another smaller channel on how to build the world's simplest SSTC with the greatest output (hopefully over a few inches). No finicky driver IC's, no tuning, just pure SSTC power! Stay tuned!
@@LabCoatz_Science If I'm not mistaken, diodegonewild already did it with very few components & without any GDT. He also explained everything very clearly. Just take a close look at his SSTC videos, you'll see that his SSTC isn't that difficult at all. He's a great coiler too. Jmartis & Teslista 555, those guys too have done great built too.
I am very pleased you are in the coiler community! Very nice video, I have always loved Tesla Coils (including SGTCs, VTTCs, ISSTCs, DRSSTCs Audio Modulated DRSSTCs, Slayer Exciter and also the Ballasted Slayer Exciter ones). Very nice tutorial, be wary about the secondary windings in your MOTs however, they are picky about high frequency kickback. However you have designed the Spark Gap in parallel with the secondary (by far the best choice because the gap shunts the high frequency kickback through itself). Also I'm surprised to see you use MOTs that are not Ballasted. How long does it take for them to get too hot?
Thanks! I've honestly never run the coil for over fifteen second bursts (not really sure why), and the MOT's barely get warm after a few of these runs. I was worried about using unballasted MOTs too (since they draw so much current), but somehow, the coil hasn't tripped the breaker yet, and nothing has failed in the years that I've had it. Not that surprising, actually, since I rarely run the big coil. The spark gap has been super hard to maintain, and I'm still trying to set up one that works reliably, lol! The original one worked fine for a few runs, but these large coils chew through steel electrodes like candy, so it was eventually worn down too much to fire.
@@LabCoatz_Science Same as you man, I'm trying to figure out a vacuum quenched spark gap same as those Epcos spark gap type. Have a look at my little video "Amazing little desktop spark gap tesla coil". There are several videos. Look at the one where you'll find I've quenched my spark gap in a small plastic bottle. It was silent & gave me great output. Thanks for your videos. They are all great. Keep it up Norman.
I thought you did a great job with the info, thanks.
Nice work mate! 🙂
love it! ty fir the great info and i personakky adore the heavy metal in the back xd
One of the best tutorial for making tesla coil. It helped me to clear most of my doubts about tesla coil construction. I still have a doubt . I am gonna use a flyback transformer for powering the input coil. As a flyback generates high voltage sawtooth signals, do I really need to connect it via a spark gap and capacitor bank ??? As the saw tooth signal is itself an intermittent ramp, can i connect it directly to the primary coil ?
perfect sound track, if only u could get it n sync. ur a g
YOU PLAYED BATTERY I’m dead
Rock on man! Metallica FOREVER!
Nice Stratocaster sunburst
Loved the use of Metallica...it so fit the moment mood
THANK YOU SO MUCH. Best explanation I’ve found by far.
My pleasure! My next video should be even better (if you like bigger SSTCs), so stay tuned!
really appreciated, brother your did the best
Hi Great Job, thx for the nice Video. One question... how can i Control the coil? -> Playing Music on it etc. I mean what Controller or how is this working? I know its about controlling the sparks because they are creating heat in the Air wich then causes the Air to extend... but how to build an Controller?
Spark gap coils are basically incapable of playing music. The only means you have for controlling this type of coil is either adjusting the rotary gap's firing rate or varying the input power. If you want music, you'll have to look into solid state Tesla coils or DRSSTC's. Hope that helps!
@@LabCoatz_Science thy for your answer, jeah that helps a lot ;)
Well done! Great music choices too. Now how do me adapt this to the home and power it?
Glad you liked it! Most high voltage transformers (aside from television flyback transformers) just plug straight into your ordinary home wall socket. The coil I built uses three microwave oven transformers with outputs in series to power it, and it can be ran from a ordinary 15-amp plug. The primary's of the transformers are connected in electrical parallel, and properly phased so the outputs add together instead of cancelling out. Hope that helps!
Dude, you're sick. Love it.
very very helpful and enjoyable to watch. Thanks!
very informative
Thanks! I was really hoping other people would find this helpful, and it looks like the video is finally getting out there. I was kinda worried people would see it as just another low-quality RUclips vid and be put off by the somewhat poor audio balance (in my opinion) or music choice (Metallica isn't for everyone). I'm still pretty new to YouTubing, so I'm still trying to find out what works best. Comments like yours truly help me gauge how people feel about my content, so thanks for commenting!
Thanks for the R&D!
This is AWESOME ⚡
Death magnetic album with a tesla coil video?
Shut up and take my money 💰
Rock on man! 🤘
entertaining as hell, my man!
Glad you liked it! Wish I had the equipment/knowledge a few years ago to make this video even better, but it's still pretty alright for what it is. I'm much more proud of my latest Tesla coil video's quality, lol!
nice, I'll check your other stuff for sure
Nice video bro,also great explanation 💪🏼⚡Keep going
Good practical information. Thank you.
Wow now I want to build my own SGTC with a flyback transformer do you have any good capacitors to use?
this video is so sick wtf, the ending
You get extra points for recognizing the audio mix was not right. It's amazing how many mix poorly or allow room reverb to ruin the project. Oh well.
I imagine AI will step in to deal with such problems before long. The most recent presentation of nearly simultaneous audio AND video translation - in which the lips are altered to match the language translated to - is impressive and available, or soon will be.
When you can choose between foil capacitors and Doorknob capacitors, wich would you choose and why?
I love Tesla coils
great work...congratulations
youre awesome bro
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Excellent video, man. So cool.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully I'll be able to make a few more videos to impress people like you!
Man, tanks a lot for this material, its awesome!
Hello LabCoatz!
Could you please help me? Do you think that 0.2mm wire is thick enough? (2k turns, 0.4m tall)
If you have time to help, I can send you more details.
Thank you in advance!
Don't see why not, if you can wrap a coil with it and tune it, it will work. Just use JavaTC to do a few calculations and you'll be fine.
Thank you! I calculated some things by myself and with javaTC, and they were the same, so I hope it'll work;
Amazing video! :)
5:34 You can't use CERAMIC capacitors in a high frequency circuit???
You CAN...just shouldn't. Some large, well-built ceramic capacitor will last for a while in a Tesla coil circuit (like "doorknob" capacitors), but the small ones you typically get for cheap will just incinerate. Ceramic capacitors tend to overheat at high frequencies, but that's not their main issue. The main issue is that their voltage rating drops off significantly as the applied frequency increases. For example, a 1kVDC ceramic capacitor might be able to handle only 200VAC when operated at 300kHz (300kHz would typically constitute a fairly large Tesla coil). As frequency increases, the capacitor's breakdown voltage decreases. For a small Tesla coil with a 700kHz resonant frequency, that same 1kVDC ceramic capacitor might only be able to handle 100VAC! That is why it's usually best to stay away from ceramic capacitors when building a spark gap Tesla coil.
@@LabCoatz_Science I see
Please can you show us how to build a Tesla Voilet Ray wand. It seems nobody attempted to do this.
Excellent work!!
💯💯What you said at the end!!
all the actual, important, needed, information you had asked when first getting started with yours! from someone with knowledge from actually doing it themselves!
I feel so let down when I finish half the how to videos, like a lot of the do it yourself video guys need to be do it themselves first! 🤪
Lots of amazing useful screenshots from this video I will be referring to in the near future! That’s for sure!
You got some Crazy results! Looking forward to seeing what else you do with your channel! Thanks man!
Thank you very much, glad you liked it! I'm currently collaborating with Jay from Plasma Channel and another smaller channel to make a how-to video on the world's simplest solid state Tesla coil. The production quality is going to be far better, and the results are rather impressive! I'm also going to make a video on Tesla coil optimization (to help cover some additional stuff I didn't quite cover in this video) and a how-to on a super simple universal interrupter. Stay tuned, my friend!
LabCoatz that’s wicked man!! Looking forward to seeing!!!
I actually just recently started keeping up with Jay’s Channel!
-I weld, and have always been technically inclined
so I Started myself off with Jay’s Arc lighter voltage multiplier, yea I’m hooked loll 🤪
But I’ve Always wanted to build one of these!
the plethora that is physics got distracting however hahah
..first ended up getting really into lasers and coming up with some.. trippy? Neato pictures!
trying to make my own galvanometers.. @hd_laser_art on Insta if you’re at all interested in some science art stuff? 🤷🏻♂️🤪
..then microscopy,
converged the two and planned out my own laser confocal microscope-currently resource limited 😛
And just last night got my CRT TV oscilloscope working correctly! Super cool hah
but I’m just finally at the stop in my journey where I’m starting to put all the little things I’ve learned about circuit building together! And I neeed some plasma in my life ⚡️⚡️
So thank you kindly sir 🙇🏻♂️
Thank you for this video!!
So cool! That will help a lot!
excellent video, but i am a bit puzzeld with your rotary spark gap device....hmmmm how does it work ? and why two simple screw with a gap is not good enough ?
Is there any more certain advancement we can do for increasing its efficiency..
Waiting for your response....
Thank you for step 1.
This video has been an amazing help but I was wondering what I would have to do so that I could play music through it. I know that it plays music by increasing and decreasing the frequency at which it emits the sparks but I'm not sure how.
Thanks for the question! It would be extremely hard to play music through a spark gap Tesla coil (in fact, nobody has even done it yet). The so-called "musical Tesla coils" are all solid state (SSTC's or DRSSTC's). Essentially, a Tesla coil plays music by altering the BPS, which in turn changes the sound the arc makes. Spark gap coils would be hard-pressed to do this, since the BPS is determined by the speed of a rotary gap's motor. However, with a solid state coil, the coil's driving currents are switched on and off by transistors, so making music is much easier. Hope that's helpful! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
Thank you so much, this has been a great help
Enjoyed the video
It is a kind of Tesla coil but it is not operating as originally intended by its inventor. The video is in fact showing the operation of a huge automobile ignition coil.
The true operation of a Tesla coil is based on what Tesla called "radiant electricity". It is not a resonant circuit per se. The induction in a true Tesla coil should not be magnetic but more like electrostatic induction.
It is important to keep in mind that many articles indicate that the generation of "radiant electricity" happens only at the instant when the voltage is applied to the primary coil and prior to the flow of electric chargers. The generation of RADIANT ELECTRICITY would disappear once electric currents start flowing in the conductor or in the form of electric arc in air. It is said that avoiding the occurrances of electric arcs was the main challenge Tesla experienced when operating the coil to transmit wireless electricity - or Radiant Electricity.
I have done some research on this matter and the conditions for generating "radiant electricity" are kind of tricky. Tesla used to apply a voltage to the primary coil of very high magnitudes and frequencies.
Generating "radiant electricity" from the primary coil should require voltages with extremly high dv/dt. The latter is the reason why the primary coil should not have more than one or two turns with large air gaps separating the turns of the primary coil to minimize self inductance and with large air gaps from the secondary coil to minimize mutual inductance. Otherwise, the inductance of the primary coil would limit the dv/dt that is required to generate "radiant electricity".
Because the induction in a Tesla coil is electrostactic, the effects of the Lenz's law should not apply, which in theory should make the Tesla coil a free energy device. The effect of the Lenz's law in magnetic field inductions is the main reason why electric transformers and rotaring generators always output less power than the input.
It is interesting how the Tesla's inventive concept for "radiant electricity" has been used in other embodiments. For example, Steven Marks invented the Toroidal Power Unit (TPU) which consists of a multi-turn secondary coil with a circular shape and a primary coil having a single turn running along the center of the secondary coil. Basically, the TPU is a Tesla coil with a primay single-turn coil running inside the secondary coil with many turns. A typical Tesla coil has a one-turn primary coil located outside.
See this video of a presentation of Steven Marks and the TPU in the 1980s:
(I apologize but I was not able to paste the youtube link for the video with this comment. I will keep trying. However, you can find several videos about this device if you seach youtube using the following keywords "Steven Marks Toroidal Power Unit TPU"
After several failed attempts, here is one of the Steven Marks videos:
ruclips.net/video/_hWI6LKmZ7w/видео.htmlsi=EiRWpEo15out6s4p
Thanks😮
Have you tested magnetic quenching vs air flow?
No, although air quenching is potentially much more powerful, making it more useful at higher power levels.
Does the spark in the spark gap get initialized by the high voltage from transformers output or from the capacitor reaching a certain voltage? I never understood this part
Technically, it would be the voltage in the capacitor, although the capacitor charges so fast in a Tesla coil, it may as well be the transformer initializing the gap.
I can't seem to find anybody talking about the current for the capacitors. Do you have information? Thanks!
Time to build the 50 footer in the backyard! What will the neighbors think/say? Let's shoot for 20 million volts!
Great man✌️✌️
But pls share a diagram to connect all the parts 🙄
I did, it's a basic spark gap Tesla coil schematic: spark gap in parallel with the power supply, capacitor bank and primary coil in series after spark gap, and a secondary coil with one end connected to ground.
@@LabCoatz_Science overall nice work.❤️
Keep it up ✌️
Did you run the MOT power supply off a variac or ballast it or anything? Or just straight off mains at ~400mA?
Also did you tap the primary, and if so how?
Great video btw, and metallica rocks!
I am fascinated with this design and love to build one TC myself. Could you help me with a little more detailed schema , construction design and the reference of components and where to buy?
Real Great video
We need a drsstc diy next
My father recently passed away and while going through his workshop, I ran across what looks like a Tesla coil he built while teaching his VO-Tech electronics class. Mom says it quit working a few years after he built it and he never got around to making the repairs. I would like to revive his Tesla coil project and get it working again but I'm not sure where to start. Any advice?
Assuming it's a spark gap Tesla coil like the ones in this video, it should have the same circuit layout and all of the same basic parts: two coils (one large coil made with thin magnet wire and one small one made with thicker wire or pipe), a capacitor bank, a power supply (usually some kind of heavy, iron-core transformer that produces the high voltage), and the spark gap. Check all the parts and see if anything is broken. As long as the transformer produces high voltage, the spark gap fires, the capacitors are not shorted, and the coils are in tune (they likely are if your father had it working before), then it should work.
My best advice is to learn as much about them as possible (and be safe, of course) and don't give up. I put a lot of links in this video's description that should be quite useful. Hope that helps, feel free to reach out again if you have trouble!
@@LabCoatz_Science I have not plugged it in yet but there is a tall coil made of insulated copper wire very similar to yours and a primary coil much smaller near the bottom of the secondary coil. There is a iron core transformer and what looks like an automotive coil connected in the circuit. I'm wondering if the coil fills the role of a capacitor. There is not a top load on the secondary coil like yours but there is a large heavy gage wire sticking out the top. There is another long heavy gage wire coming from the base up to the top of the secondary coil...I assume that a spark jumps between the two heavy wires when turned on but I don't know for sure. I have not traced the longer of the two heavy gage wires to know what it attaches to at the bottom. I would like to send you some photos...maybe to an email address? I really learned a lot from your video and I appreciate the way you make electricity understandable.
@@dalefonville2482 Sure, feel free to email me at zlabcoatz@gmail.com! The wire at the bottom of the secondary coil (the larger coil) should just connect to ground. If it's not connected to ground, the output tends to be much weaker, from my experience. And that "automotive coil" could very well be the capacitor (especially if it has markings on it like uF or nF, which symbolize microfarads and nanofarads, the units of capacitance). Send me a bunch of photos and I'll do my best to analyze them!
@@LabCoatz_Science Sounds good. I'm at work right now but I'll take some photos this evening and send them your way tomorrow. Thanks again for taking time to help me out.
@@dalefonville2482 Absolutely, just doing what I would've liked other people to do when I was getting into Tesla coils!
could i build these about pine tree size?
You could build one as tall as a skyscraper or as small as a desk toy, if you have the money and materials. Realistically, the largest pipe diameter you could probably find for a coil is 12" (although that will set you back a few hundred dollars), which could be be used to make a 6-foot secondary coil.
Really I love to make a big tesla cool. I didn't know that there is any channel who is making tesla cool. Please can guide me. I am your biggest fan
Hello, I read at teslacoildesign where metallized or metal film capacitors should not be used. You are using self-healing capacitors. Are they metal film?
Can you do a video about safety? As in capacitor discharge on tesla coils.
Cool vid, thank you. What would happen/what would you feel if you were to walk into the discharging “lightning”? 🍻
With small coils, nearly nothing (except maybe some scorching of the skin, if you touch the arcs directly). With medium coils, like this one, you'd feel your muscles contract, and if the output is high enough, you may experience issues... even death, with larger units. My general rule of thumb: don't touch sparks larger than 2 feet (1 foot if you wanna be safe, and never with a pacemaker).
@@LabCoatz_Science Thank you very much!
Hi Zack, I’ve followed your circuit and have successfully built my first ever tesla coil. Heartfelt thanks and appreciation for your efforts.
Just for the sake of safety, can you suggest, by your experience, which are the major components to fail in this circuit apart from Mosfet and its driver in case of a flash in pcb?
In the solid-state circuits, the most likely things to fail after the MOSFETs/IGBTs are the TVS diodes across the transistor drain and source (if they are present), then the bridge rectifier, and finally, any of the small ICs (mainly the UCC driver). I've never killed a 74HC14, 7812, 7805, or any non-logic component, but I have accidentally killed a few 555 timers because of misconnections, and a UCC27425 once or twice by pushing the duty cycle too high on the interrupter.
Thanks for the info. I’m checking the board with a scope and the GDT is buzzing as expected. Output from MOSFET is less than half of input (supplying 30VDC for testing). The output from the antenna does not vary at all (200mV square wave, unreliable frequency). I’m struggling to figure out the solution.
Finally, it’s done. It’s important to check the soldering in pads after a flash. Sometimes they do get damaged. Resoldering suspected areas fixed this.
AWSOME BROTHER!!!
I am thinking about building a SGTC with a small 5kv 5ma neon sign transformer, an older non GFI transformer. I am having trouble choosing a capacitor,should I go withan older 6KVDC cap, or wire up some dublier caps? I don't like MOT'S because I want kinda toy type TC, that won't kill me should something go wrong. I was going to go with two brass balls with an adjustable, Nylon bolt to adjust gap. I will have to use the program to work out the amount of wire for my primary and secondary. I am thinking this coil might output 150,000- 200,000 KV if properly adjusted and tuned
How did you know the value of capacitance sir? Are you familiar with Mr Don Smith's Resonance coil system sir? I would love to reproduce his work and it involves resonance and tuning which requires the type of components you have just demonstrated ( with great understanding I might add ) but I am at a loss to go about figuring the necessary values of components. Thank you sir for any advice.
I know this is old but you should have tried a bifiller primary coil
Never had good experiences with those honestly. They require more wire and are harder to set up, whereas a helical coil can get you the exact same performance without all the hassle. That's just my opinion anyways!
@@LabCoatz_Science I agree they are harder to set up but the reason I suggested it is the coil ends up creating a capacitance in the coil and increase current the circuit would more than likely have to be tuned to the coil but anyways I'm a fairly new subscriber and I love the content please keep it up!!!!
How did you wire up the 3 microwave transformers (not that they are in series i mean how did you connect them to the power outlet)
Amazing video btw!!!
Thanks, I just soldered wires to the power terminals!
@@LabCoatz_Science oh so you just plugged them directly into the outlet?
Thanks!
This is what i needed
Glad to hear it! I'm hoping to make another addition to my ultimate Tesla coil series, so be sure to subscribe for that!
Awesome
which newer metallica song us that in the beginning? i almost didnt catch it! off of death magnetic?
suicide and redemption
Yup!
Excellent video,now i just have to figure out how to disguise a tesla coil as a tree
Plays Metallica for outro... but NOT "Ride The LIGHTNING"?! 🤔😅
Kinda curious though, back in the day when Napster made file sharing your favorite MP3's easy, Metallica was one of the most vocal complainers/whiners over copyright claims, did this video get any complaints for using "Battery"?
Nah, although it is copyright claimed, as expected!
I wonder if the frequency that earth resonates at (432hz I think?) could be utilized somehow