Huge Tesla Coil - Big Bruiser - Lightning On The Lawn 2006

[Ohiotrucker123]

OK so how does this help mankind?

[XravenorX]

@Ohiotrucker123

Defense against alien invasion.

[paperjack93]

Can you cook things with it ?

[StormChaserNick]

this is probably a stupid question, but if you had some silica sand could you make some fulgurites?

[garryfre]

There be no mosquitos here!

[garryfre]

There be no mosquitos here!

[yellowsunset]

has a bird ever tried flying by that thing?

[FaterSpb]

надо дома такую замутить) на даче

[dxdx666]

First of all,

max measured potential ,according to DC Cox (who constructed the coil) ,during the operation is 880 kV (±5%).

Second of all,the claim that it is the biggest coil in USA I would put under big question mark.Kevin Eldridge's 33 kVA coil,and Greg Leyh's 40 kVA coil are probably even bigger.

[Jimmyz96]

imagine just finding out this lab has been 40 miles from my home all my life. bummer to have missed previous shows, wont miss another. DC is one of the coolest men i have ever met.

[tonymsb3]

what if you put this on during a lightning storm?

[Jet3800]

wouldn't operating it without a faraday cage interfere with radio and tv in the surrounding area?

[rickster348]

What happens if one of the "arc's" hit the spectators?

[bossoholic]

Judging by the [camera] color of the sparks, they have enough power to kill

[80ynniv]

Poor fork lift!

[007jbmusic]

are there any tesla coils in the uk?

[TeslaNick2]

Yep, lots, I have 5... Check out my vids, I live in Guildford in surrey, if you live anywhere nearby, i'm happy to arrange a demo for you !

[007jbmusic]

That would be great. I am based in London so not too far away.

Best, James

[spidergem1]

hello this teisla coil is cool can i please have speifications of how manny kv it is running at thanks zoe

[Jet3800]

read the description. >:(

it's 1,000,000 V or 1000 KV.

[macadamien11]

That bolt strikes some of the same places more than once

[remibrandtcom]

wow!

[triggerhappy77707]

YAY big bruiser! RIP. How did it die? :P I have a 50kw pole pig, i wonder what that would be like. Estimated spark length with that is 360 inches. NOT ENOUGH.

[teslacoolguy]

A bug hit the secondary while it was running.

[gmtcman]

I've seen it it in real life as well (2007) and I believe it's closer to 16 ft. tall, not 26 ft. The other dimensions are probably fairly close,

[tkandme3]

that's tiny!  Philadelphia's is huge.

[Neonuron]

Am I slow, or what happens to the lightning bolts that strike the windings of the Tesla tower? What is the glow below the tower??

[1krr]

The 'tower' is the secondary coil of the Tesla resonator. The glow under the secondary is the spark gap.

[xGolibobx]

Hate to see the electric bill.

[evilsharkey]

This video looks and sounds like it's been sped up. I've seen this coil in real life, and the sparks are lower pitched and a little slower moving.

[vectorartist]

Nope... It has not been sped up. YouTube compression, nor the XL1 microphone, can do Big Bruiser justice. The intense sound generated by this Tesla coil, can not only be heard, but felt too.

R.I.P. Big Bruiser - We love and miss you.

[zeiram82]

What happened to Bruiser? I noticed it wasn't at the Teslathon this year.

[ponravka]

@evilsharkey Yes. Just look at peoples moving.

[Son0fHobs]

That is so badass.

[kennymacdaddy]

Look at the people standing in the background behind it...they are walking around and checking it out...

[ssasmomruoydekcufi]

Man, that thing would zap bugs, elephants, you name it...

[Tippster1980]

lol, nice analogy!

[teslacoolguy]

Why is the coil so quiet?

[bossoholic]

Its the mic. I recorded a LOUD concert and it came out muffled and quiet.

[AdmiralPit]

When I see that thing, the first thing on my mind is C&C Red Alert. Tesla Coil base defenses FTW!

Or in this case, Tesla Coil anti-bug defense!

[realcoldacid]

LOL, so I'm not the only one!

[titaness7]

No more bugs!^^ This is awsome!

[toomyg155]

Nice TC but I would hate to have the electric bill after running that for awhile ;)

[WOLVESVIDS]

i want to visit in person!can i get info!??

[sciencoking]

do you have a power-flatrate?

[tone4624]

is that safe to stand close to? I first heard of Tesla in the movie , Prestige. Everyone this is awsome movie!

[sepperoth0]

Well... you could stand next to it for about a quarter of a second but then you would be dead... unless you are standing inside of something that is grounded (like a car)

[johnnyb3443]

World's biggest bug zapper.

[archtopone]

I SO want to visit, and see this in person! Is there a fee?

[CommanderAMB]

Nikola Tesla would be proud!!!

[ConspiracyTheory81]

so hows the power bill going?

[vectorartist]

No... This is not your backyard and your dad did not make this!

[ConspiracyTheory81]

its MY backyard and my cousins mum made it

[basementexperiments]

your dad is crazier than "RogerInOhio"

[icecreamdaddy]

haha!

[ycalm]

i guess that tesla coils that big come with a button that you can hit to turn out the sun, much?

[kvolt44]

Actually tesla built a much larger coil during his years in colorado springs in the early 1900's, making 135 foot long sparks and destroying the town's power plant!

[jmartis2]

they didn't have circuit breakers and fuses?

[david1991rules4life]

@kvolt44 LMFAO really, did he do that? how could you have enough electricity back then??

[787superhornet]

I hate to be the fly stuck in that crap

[bjarnieli]

Biggest bug zapper in the world

[CommanderAMB]

A BAD ASS bug zapper!!! I think that "bug zapper" can even kill bugs like from the film Starship Troopers.

[JENSSCHLAU]

END !!!

[mayerbencee]

Someone played too much RED ALERT

[HellFire0123]

it was used by chriss angel.. i think

[toomyg155]

I wonder how long that coil could run none stop??????????

[thejockerboy]

oh my god! that`s so very amazing!!!

[toomyg155]

The only thing I can say is WOW

[snipe322]

Is that a rotary gap?

[Durken316]

yea

[000darkstar000]

this is so cool*****thnx 4 post'n

[Benpokefan]

Is run by Mains?

If it is, that electric bill would e high by now.

And why did the lights go out at 2:24?

[GodAnbu]

Ummm.....they turned the lights out?

[ryuhinomaru]

you must have zero squirrels in your lawn by now

[nitendomaster101]

ha look its a huge insect zapper

[aarrgh5]

Okay. I want one - but I want it hooked up to a motion detector. It'll cure burglers of their habit - and eliminate your cat infestation.

[DaveAstaire]

nice mossie zapper

[srussert28]

You know I think I might build one of these.

It should take care of the bird and squirrel problem that is rampant in my area. Plus it would probably take care of the petty theft in the area too. Set this up on a motion sensor and any would be thief would probably leave a puddle. Considering how much time and energy I spend on squirrels birds and thieves this would be money well spent. Plus it would be cool for the Christmas and Halloween light display

[luccaskunk]

Yes, nature is always a problem. Fry those pesky critters. Heck, drain the swamps and cut down the forests so you won't have to deal with anything except a barren wasteland where there are no animals to cause you any problems.

[srussert28]

I can tell that you have never had thousands of crows stay at your house overnight. I almost had my property condemned because of the waste they left behind. Crows are territorial so they can be scared away by this machine with no harm, Squirrels too. I spend a huge amount of time in my Botanical/flower garden to teach people how to conserve plant, wildlife and wetland areas. And the importance of a natural habitat.

Now go sit on your ass and play video games

[mostar1991]

did you know that nicola tesla was from former yugoslavia.. and he ofered the góvernment of yugoslavia to build tesla coils around all yugoslavia, as an defense,, the government did not belive him so they did not giva him a chance to prove it.. if they said yes to his offer yugoslavia would be a superpower of the world,, because no one could ever get acros the border..

[luccaskunk]

tesla coils are fairly easy to disable or bypass... not to mention that a fence of huge tesla coils around a country would consume as much power as the rest of the modern world combined... You don't honestly believe that an airplane couldn't bomb the tesla fence?

[mostar1991]

no because. tesla had a way to take energy from the atmosphere..he said that the atmosphere is loaded with energi.. we just need a way to figure out how to use it.. powersuplies would not have ben a problem.. how are you going to make airraids when you havent destroyed the anti air force first?, by the way this tesla coil is a miniature of what he made..

[RustiSwordz]

martians are coming!

[JeffreyRodriguez]

Don't cross the streams!

[rocksean1]

Is there a practical application for this device?

[250r624]

Bug Zapper???

[soylentgreenb]

I believe they were used in some early particle accelerators, replacing monster sized Van der Graaf generators.

[bossoholic]

High voltage testing (lightning research) and RF shielding testing (or messing with/up electronics)

[ColBarnaby]

Bet that takes care of the ant problem pretty well, boy howdy!

[apolloscam]

Ark welder run amok.

[bccritters]

what happens if you put two tesla coils next to each other and run them at the same time?

[riotpack]

They fight - I done it in 1994 while on holiday in the lake of easter! One will KILL the other, I put my NUTSACK into the arc while drunk for a laugh and IT WAS CONSUMED! now whos the bigger man huh?

[bccritters]

well, normally i would say you are, but since it consumed your Nutsack perhaps not!?!?!?!

lol just kidding

[bossoholic]

Ouch!

[matsumoto81]

This tesla coil is not the largest in the US, but it is still impressive. Currently the record is being held by the electrum coil at over 100Kw output.  Still this is a good example of a monster coil!! good job creator :)

[vectorartist]

Your wrong Sorry... Electrum is not in the US!

[srussert28]

There is a picture of a man INSIDE the Electrum's spacious top electrode to allow a unique opportunity to measure in detail the intricate dynamics of the streamer discharges. If you see the pic it is insane.

[nissanR92CP]

how much did that thing cost you?

[danieldsmith]

...and how much is your electricity bill after using one of these???

[JeffreyRodriguez]

My experience with electricity is limited... But he says it uses 26KW, a KW hour here is $0.08, so it would be about $2/hour to run it. Constantly running that would be about $1500/mo

[MopDMTBARTL]

@JeffreyRodriguez - while it does use that much, how much does it produce? a shit load more right? that's the point, it produces more than it consumes instead of the opposite like everything already in our world.

[jmh11962]

you're right,i'm sorry...

"the difference between men and boys,is directly proportional to the cost of their toys"

[jmh11962]

ok....why?

[MokomaSusi]

Why not?

[MICMECMEXICALI]

how that courrent can be used on a house, can be stored?turn to DC? or as a heater on cool days? is serius i want heat my swiming pool water, can i built a heat exanger wit this

like air to water? thanks

[jamesinboo]

Where is it.I live in baraboo. If Big Bruiser is the largest Tesla (resonance) transformer in the U.S.A. why are tourists watching,waste of electricity if you ask me. 26,000 Watts for as long as those clips were,oh well......

[xxfive0gtxx]

that would make a hell of an outside security system, fry anyone who trespasses :D

[TvmenderTesla]

Excellent coil, great party demo!! FFFIRE FFFFIRE!

[sebestans]

Suddenly I have this urge to play Laser Blast for Atari 2600

[dalesalsa]

That thing is crazy!! If I built this thing I would be screaming a the top of my lungs like a MAD SCIENTIST: "Power, Power, unlimited power!!" ;-)

Thank you Nikola Tesla for this crazy awesome gadgets.

[Tehrasha]

Pity he waited till the end to cover the spark-gap so it wasnt blinding the camera.

[JJchingy]

i wonder how many windings are on this coil? anyone?

[AirsoftLife]

10,560 (two miles) of primary divided by 26 (height of coil)would be around ummmm..... 406 windings

[RotogenRay]

You ignoramus, you have to calculate in the diameter of the wire.

Somewhere above 1200- 1200 being a standard number for a coil

[AirsoftLife]

dude, don't be a jerk. i'm only 14

[RotogenRay]

Just think about the equation before you try to solve it.

And I'm 17, ok? Age is not an excuse, just think about the question more (cause it's a fairly easy problem) or don't answer if you don't know...

That's where false knowlede comes from... all the myths on the internet can come from a forum or comment posting thing such as this...

I'm sure you got a good head on your shoulders, man... use it!

[zsyed12345678]

That's one hell of a bug zapper. Better yet, it should be motion sensitive so that in the night if a burglar walks through your lawn, it switches on and tazes his ass!

[lazzer408]

For the most part it's RF. You have to remember it's high frequency and the higher the frequency the further towards the outside of the conductor it will travel untill it's high enough to leave the conductor in which case it's radio. 120v ac is 60hz and will travel right thru your core. Tesla coils are in the hundreds of thousands of hertz and travel on surfaces not thru them.

[bossoholic]

Skin effect on flesh is 60 inches deep (only applies to metal and nerves/veins)

[SplinterCell37]

I want one O_O

[UncleBlakie]

Yes... Looks like fun untill someone gets a bolt up his ass. Bet you will look cool then eh!!!

[ulgyamerican]

so I guess sitting around being negative is then answer...eh?

[stjaertusar]

now THAT is a funny reply :D

[teslaspigeon]

in 150 years of tesla coil history there have been only three deaths!! one was a toddler !! but watching a tesla coil is less likely to result in injury than walking to the shops!!

[mitsuman007]

3 deaths, but a hell of a lot of electrical discomfort...

I really want one that size, keep the neighbors from parking in my yard!

[bravo1r]

Actually its more like 10 to 20 million volts, 1 million will hardly get you 3 feet sparks.

And it can kill you but its not likely, as the current is only a few milliamps and it would have to go through your heart to kill you. Its the current that kills not the volts. It will burn you badly though.

[RotogenRay]

There's a debate going on about that

One cannot model the physical operation of a Tesla coil appropriately with only lumped-element circuit theory. It was pointed out long ago that, at its operating frequency, a Tesla coil is not a lumped-element induction coil. In fact, a Tesla coil has more in common with a cavity resonator than it does with a conventional inductor.

As close as one can approximate, the streamer length has less to do with voltage and more to do with resonance...

[bravo1r]

I suppose with a 10 foot toroid the discharge is maintained long enough to keep the air ionised and allow the streamers to grow much longer than I would expect. I built a 4' coil with a 1' toroid that generates close to 1Mv. I'm now working on a DRSSTC.

[buttersownsuall]

Criss angel got himself shocked by that.

[xbatman1x]

if he got shocked by that he'd be dead

[buttersownsuall]

no it didn't he put on some suit that made the elctricty pass through him.

[stjaertusar]

oh wow.... just wow

[TheGeardawg]

Crazy ass people, people will get shocked if too close. 1000kV? zOMFG!

[xbatman1x]

thats 1,000,000 volts that will fry u in seconds ur house only puts out 120 volts and that alone will kill u

[mrspenn16]

Its 'amps' (power) within the electric that fry you

[AirsoftLife]

you are correct that the amps are what kill you. but the amperage is actually the current(speed at which the electricity moves) the voltage is actually the "power"

[Furrowbrow]

Nay.. The power is the combination of the two, given as Voltage x Current. Higher voltage gives the current more 'motivation' to move from a place of higher electrical potential to lower electrical potential, but the speed remains the same. The output voltage of a Tesla coil is masssive relative to ground, but the current available isn't all that high. Hope this helps.

[bossoholic]

Look up ohms law

[Tweety1992516]

Who remembers playing Red Alert and using Tesla Coils to zap enemy infantry to death? Now it's real. NICE!! I LIKE!!

[trebor121290]

i <3 red alert...

[element2310]

I'm sorry but I dont think this is anyway near the biggest, your claim just doesnt make it. Nice coil and all, actually damn impressive but its certainly not the biggest.

[gasser5001]

its not next to a shed....thats more like a shop...look at the size of the door compared to the coil. id say thats a rather large one

[carsoniar]

if you threw a water melon in the air about five feet from the tyroid would it explode?

[tzrah]

i wonder how roasted water melon would taste like,

also what if you wait for a bird to land on top of that thing and than put it on lol

tweet tweet ZAP! POOF shhhhhhhhhhhh...

[shitqq]

you wouldn t see much of an effect on the bird from the voltage (only the light would make it crazy)... in fact you can touch the tesla coil without suffering harm-- it is only a strage feeling and it gets warm.

[bossoholic]

You don't feel the shock because the frequency is too high for your nerves to feel. I still does damage (mostly to your nerves and outside of your veins)- and can mess you up!

The warmth is you starting to heat up (RF energy/electricity)

[ponypunk64]

you americans have all the fun!!!

[adamk112]

hahaha criss angel was there

[flamemaffu]

thank you for making me more informed about the tesla coil im doin a assignment for school that is awsome thanks :P :)

[segarza]

It seems like the spark gap is not working too smoothly.

[ScavengerMJ]

Sorry, it is not the biggest one. I saw one from Newcastle, Oklahoma, which was much greater than that one.

[prayfertrey]

I wonder how radio reception is effected.

[tartarcandy123]

so how much is the electricity bill?

[RHEAD100]

In Texas it would cost $3.51 per hour to operate

[TheGeardawg]

Is that a good thing? I don't pay bills yet...

[2206411411]

It's gotta be doing really nasty things to the paintwork. And if the local fox community has now invented faraday cages, we'll know who to blame. :) I wonder if the camera is picking up all of the effects - thunderstorms can include some really strange stuff when recorded at high speed.

[DutchJuggernaut]

So ehm...

Your ant problem is gone yes?

[Ascholten]

and mole problem, and cricket problem, and weed problem, and ... and.....

[stjaertusar]

radio amature problem?

[Nequame]

Gotta get myself one of those.

[PatriotAr15]

can that be used as a weapon?

[spidergem1]

this is so cool i like :)

[Ascholten]

Cool vid, I bet your neighbors just love you.. as does the power company.

Aaron

[zapper7]

No way that's what it actually sounds like; it is just a crappy mike or is the vid muted?

[dietdrpepper68]

I'd bet crappy camcorder mic... arcs from Tesla coils are LOUD...Survival Research Laboratories brought one of theirs to a racetrack in Austin some years ago, just the sound of it made your spine tingle.

[Gamah1991]

Isn't it a bad thing when it starts hitting the hosue like that? and why doesn't it strike easily ground things ever? (like the 2 lights)

[Aeryk333]

Pretty cool long vid.

[Rocism01]

check the ELECTRUM PROJECT,,as far as i kow that the Biggest TESLA COIL i have seen,but much respect to the builder of this one,keep taking the research further and further brother..

peace love and blessings.

[HomeDistiller]

tobad its doesnt beat the coil in my neck o the woods... the biggest coil in the world (as far as i know and have been told) Electrum in NZ 3 million volts 50' arcs :P

[johndear18]

largest in the usa PUEY my 9"tall one kickes your ones ass (lol jk) do u have a website?

[honda1386]

That's pretty cool. How do you generate power? What kind of wire around the base? Do you do lightning research?