Phasing Neon Sign Transformers for Tesla Coil Use Part-1

[metwrench]

And remember you Meat Sticks, Dont be a Duesch ! LOL, Laughed my Scrodum off !!

[mtdeezy]

How can you "over volt" NSTs by putting them in series? Series circuits divide the voltage across each resistor. If you have 2 12kv NSTs in series that's 24kv across both, but still only 12kv across each.

[thewinermaker]

2:40 ha ha ha

[5445252]

at 8:00 you can see heat waves coming off if you look really closely

[5445252]

thumbs up for his awesome safety talk

[physicmad]

magic strawberry goodness - epic comment :D

[Joerayl1]

"don't be a douch..."

[kdkinen]

u rule man

[NenadE46]

8:00 The interesting part :)

[ReturnofRage]

lmao good video!

[DubBush]

When I hook up my two identical NSTs I get an "amp" arc (like the arcs in this video) off of the high voltage output terminal that is wired with the input power. The second NST that is hooked up in parallel with the first NST gets a "voltage" arc (electrical streamers similar to a tesla coil). Im sure its in parallel and not series. Any ideas why its doing this?

[grant2053]

"Don't be a douche, pay attention." Love your vids dude!

[StopMotionMind]

"ITS AC THERE ISNT ANY POLARITY"

*flails arms*

[bcrbmx]

thegeekgroup is an inspiration to me. my long dream to become a theoritical physicist and advanced chemist is coming closer and closer every video you make. im only 15 but im a geek too and enjoy HV physics. thank you

[jaymcd84]

ya dont be a douchE! haha love this vid, thanks for the info!

[Bluetorchproductions]

LOL ive never laughed so much watching a you tube video. Science is funny =D i especially love how the power chord found its way back to the bench

[soljaboy2006]

u know for that rod ur holding what is the wire connected to? is it just hooked to ground?

[Serostern]

@soljaboy2006 It's a hotstick.

It is a safety device, and yep, the tip is grounded and the rod is non conductive.

This is so you don't have to get close/hold the wires to draw an arc, because if you do you might get an unpleasant surprise.

[DeanLeatherman]

If someone does not know the basics of just simple line voltage, they should not be doing this work. In fact if anyone needs to have this information "dumbed" down to understand it, they should not be doing this work. For the information provided (and not provided, or simply glossed over), this has bored teens as a demography . . . which is not good.

[animebsd]

luv ur vids!

[dbuschhorn]

I put the plug in my pocket then half the time, I have to follow the wire to remember where I put it.

Yeah, I'm that cool.

[SmashCOBamberg]

wow, what kind of transformer is this thing on the left (that thing that looks like a cute pole pig) BTW: your vids r awesome!!!

[Physicsduck]

That actually is a baby pole pig from Germany, and Thank you! share them!

[SmashCOBamberg]

cool! And thanx for the fast response! :-D

[yosip1115]

hello, I just bought one of those nst's for my tesla coil, but I do not know how to ground them... sorry, I shouldnt mess with it until I know how, where do I hook up the green ground wires, and where do I put them? thank you

[prototype9000]

what do you do when you have a gfi and it keeps tripping and shutting off

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

*MultiCamera

[TimeElf1]

Are you using a two camera setup now Duck?

[cabbotron]

300V is the breakdown voltage of air.... :-D The thing is, you don't mention the distance. per inch? per cm? per attometer?

[thegeekgroup]

300V is the minimum generally accepted breakdown voltage for atmosphere. That means that below that, the wires have to touch. In practice it's much higher then that for any "real world" application, but 300V is the generally accepted line.

[frogy1752]

rub your NST. mmmm

bigger sparks and everyone is happy. all sounds right.

good tutorial!