Tesla Coil

[Kurtman]

Greetings fellow tre-ch-ies!

I am looking for someone with experience in building Tesla Coils and/or general experience in electrical engineering.

If you are, could you please describe the parts and/or workings of a basic coil? As a project for school I am going to study the maths theory behind it, aswell as attempting to build one.

Thanks in advance!

 

[M'Sharak]

No experience building them myself, but I used to know someone who did. Here are some of the ones he's done:

http://www.lod.org/Projects/Projects.htm

There are also some links which may be more what you're looking for:

http://www.lod.org/Links/Links.htm

Let us know if you build one. Take pictures!

 

[Kurtman]

Thanks for the links. I will surely borrow a digital camera aswell as compose a log to document my progress.

 

[Alaedhros]

You're not hoping to shoot lightning from your fingertips, are you?

 

[kv1at3485]

Nah. He's going to use it as a musical instrument!

 

[splodenode]

you need the capacitor out of a microwave

 

[Kurtman]

After hours of searching I found a book called Tesla Coil. It pretty much covers everything one needs to know, including the resonance theory.

At the end of each school year there is a miniature expo in the main hall where all the second year students' projects are displayed. They are always pretty lame and are often no more complex than the feeding habits of goldfish.
The last couple of years some people have been forced to bring refreshments to get any attention.

I intend to get some long forgotten "Aaaah"s and "Oooh"s. (Aswell as impress underrating teachers)

Edit: ...and thanks for the microwave oven capacitor tip. :thumbsup:

Edit2: If it won't get any reaction, electrocuting them all will at least bring me pleasure *queue evil laugh*