mini Tesla Coil with a tiny rotary spark gap (mamoynas)

[91Fritzi]

please wiring diagram! :)

[mamoynas]

@91Fritzi watch?v=CnSQQNA0E9g

[jasonspinmaster]

greta work , i love the spark gap . can you please show the schematics or send them to me

[mamoynas]

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[luke036r]

Excuse my ignorance, but why is a rotory spark gap advantageous as opposed to a static one?

[mamoynas]

@luke036r. The static gaps tend to misfire or fire early and are more dificult to finetune.A static gap behaves like a bad zener diode and has variables that costantly change e.g. the dryness of air or the temperature of the gap's electrodes . The rotary on the other hand is a fast on-off switch with the only variable being the turns per min which you adjust easily,giving you total control over charge/discharge timing, or even automaticaly based on circuits that monitor the capacitor's charge.

[futurehorizon24]

@luke036r build it and your ignorance will be gone :)

[fernando140887]

good job, it´s a beatiful tesla coil

[mamoynas]

@fernando140887 thanks

[zker666]

Very nice RSGTC but its not the smallest =O. Search smallest rotary spark gap tesla coil in youtube and thats a small one =D. Amazing tesla coil none the less. And awesome spark gap btw!

[mamoynas]

@zker666 The TC you're talking about is very nice and very small indeed. The rot. spark gap though is almost the same size...and mine uses 4 gaps. His OVERALL construction is better than mine, no doubt.

[panzuman]

spark gap= awesome

[joaodps]

very awesome work! where did you get the schematics?

[mamoynas]

the basic schematic and theory are all over the net

just search for tesla coil. It would'nt be fare to mention only 2 or 3 of all the people that are in this kind of sickness  :-)

[andypandy687]

whats an estimate for the hv output from the ignition coil?

[r66dTesla]

LOVE the tiny spark gap awsome!!!

[aadz93]

so on the ignition coil do u put the HV out through the primary of the tesla coil and into one of the ignition coil primary. because mine only works if i only put the HV output through my tesla coil primary and leave the other end unconnected

[mamoynas]

hi, Tesla coils are NOT harmless toys... keeping that in mind, google for plans and read about transformers in general. If you do something wrong there is a good chanse you blow something up or hurt yourself. Don't start building something you can't understand well.

[PhxSt0rmz]

so must the motor spin at a specific speed? I was told a motor spark gap is the HARDEST of all with figuring the correct hz. I thought u could just jam any motor to it and crank different speeds?

[pandaman0529]

is there any reason why you used a belt drive?

[mamoynas]

i wanted less revolutions but without limiting the current too mutch from the motor.

[hurricfitri]

guess u're right..

[c0ldcity]

Hi - great coil. Could you share some more info about your homemade PVC pipe tank capacitor (dimensions etc)?

[hurricfitri]

this is a plasma globe

[lilletizz]

Wrong. Plasma globes are made with gasses and "negative" pressure...

[jaa93997]

strictly speaking, this is a plasma globe and not a tesla coil

[Andyman3k]

It should be more like:

Srictly speaking, it's a tesla coil with a light bulb on top retaining the streamers.

[mamoynas]

i agree

[TeslaCommander]

love the sound distortion;)

nice work!

[boxa888]

its crazy how the spark gap always messes with the camera, but not the coil energy discharge.

[Andyman3k]

It's because of the intense UV generated by the spark gap. The camera can't compensate for the extreme brightness in contrast to the dark room.

[teslaandlyne]

Making electricity go in the aether is a lot of fun. The Tesla light bulbs didn't last long as told by him on a web page. The one wire light bulb insides disintegrates after time.

[viktorhansenoslo]

That can't be good?

[Darkfoster22]

lol UV light

[prayfertrey]

There's a gas inside a light bulb?

[fingerboy18]

Nope, it's a vacuum. The filament wire is what glows and eventually deteriorates.

[mcjeb]

actually no it WAS a vaccuum its now argon - an inert gas

[TrickyNekro]

Yeap, right!!!

In order to light my faster and prevent possible damage if I'm right!?!?1

[nakkosoy]

Ole..si señor ;-)

[gizzmomo]

cool

[TheBypasser]

ha! nice indeed! As I can see, one runs at ~60 watts, ye?

[alasmith]

Hey! Nice video!

Please, I want to know how to make a rotary spark gap. Can I know? Can you tell please dude?

[newtonianbarf]

just google it.