Tesla Coil Stuff
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Some Spark Movies
My Opinion on Power Factor Correction for Tesla Coils
Some Spark Pictures
These pages used to be called "New Pictures", but they are from 2000 and 2001, so I have changed the name. All screen shots from the movie "Dean-O's Toy" which can be found on the "download" page.
NST Modification
Just one way to "re-pot" a neon sign transformer.
Specifications of my coils
Self explanatory. As are the next two links.
Construction details of my 4inch_coil
Spark Gap Construction Details
The Medicine coil
The Medicine coil was made from scraps I had left over from the 4inch coil. The weak sparks reminded me of an old electro-therapy machine I had seen once, hence the name. For an interesting and amusing look into the past when people used to think that electricity could cure all ills, check out these scans from an old advertisement for snake oil and quackery. The book is called "The Common Sense Medical Advisor" and is from around 1920. Parts of the book are missing so I don't know for sure when it was printed. I scanned all the pages that have pictures or text relating to electro-therapy, at least all the pages in the parts of the book that are left.
Electro-therapy
Microwave oven transformer power supply
Very basic explanation of how the power supply in a microwave oven works, and some schematics for high voltage supplies made from them. Also some computer simulations of one of the more popular configurations.
The download page
Tesla Coil movies and some other files on the download page.