Resonance and Tesla Coil Basics

[Things0Burn]

Thank you for the great lesson on Resonance!

[Migueldeservantes]

Really really love the way that you explain it! great work! I hope you don't stop your tutorials!

[ElectricalRevolution]

if you use larger, or more capacitors in parallel, do you also have to widen the distance or increase the surface area of the spark gap? in order to get the proper resonance?

In general...to maximize the the Tesla coil; the Primary/Secondary windings and coil diameters, Transformer output, Capacitor/Capacitors all have to balance?

I'm a 2nd yr Electrician apprentice..but my interest in electricity goes way beyond pulling BX and splicing conductors.  Any advice is appreciated.

[thegeekgroup]

@ElectricalRevolution Go to thegeekgroup. o r g and get in the forums. :) We're happy to help.

[dacotacomodor]

well your way of teaching is very nice .and I like it

[gregca1234]

Very good explanation :)



[conspiracyco]

Some nice explanations. I would like to point out that Tesla says the transformer (magnifier) is not transverse nor electromagnetic. Tesla used oscillating current and rejected Einstein mass energy equivalence.

Teslas patent also features a third coil. This is important, I feel, due to the complex dimensionality of magneto dielectric mechanics in resonating oscillating systems such as this. . (The dimensionality of the devices wave output interaction, without the third coil wildly differs) :)

[SeanTuckerBrett]

I have a secondary that is 8 inches wide by 45 inches tall with a 12,000 volt 30 ma transformer. Im looking to get about 8 foot spark when tuned right. Do u think that will be possible? Or do i need to get a more powerful transformer?

[richimoto12]

more, please.

[Shan23Studios]

I  c

[20karun]

you guys are awesome!!! being 17 and just knwing the basics or this stuff....you made me understand all about tesla coils!! thank u!! hw can i contact u for more info??

[AiDz0r]

@thegeekgroup totally amazed. You explain very good! I need to know more about Tesla coils (the parts, eg: which parts should do good for what etc.) also building it from scratch!

[AxelTiger]

Thats the first time Ive seen him with a mohawk!  Omg its epic! keep on rocking Chris!

[raghul2hacker]

totally a great video on resonance ...!! it was a innovative way of explaining it \m/

i wish you could make a video explaining how the entire tesla coil works

waiting for it!!

cheer and keep up the good work! (:

RaGHuL

[thegeekgroup]

@raghul2hacker Do a youtube search for "Gemini Demo Video - Large Bipolar Tesla Coil"

[ChrisKarr]

@215858452845

On the secondary coil, the wire-length has something to do with the resonance - some say that making a coil which uses exactly one quarter-wavelength of wire for the intended frequency will give maximum performance, though many say "B.S" to that...myself included.

Christopher Karr,

Member of The Geek Group

[monkeybike]

Tintin?

[domyaska]

thanks

[TheEmpressPalpatine]

I think you did a great job explaining the concept of resonance to the non-expert. Keep up the good work!

[honda4004]

hi from england could it be possible to transfer back from the end hv back onto the 120v to massively esscalaye with diode to stop back tracking to hv.also would you explain how to find resonance frequencies .andrija puharich states phased loop lock ? thanks melvin

[bcooperb]

"I'm Batman, but you can call me Bob." that wasn't a Bob Schneider Reference was it!!!! Kudos! I enjoy these videos! Good stuff!

[httprover]

It would be interesting to hear more about the properties of the plasma in the spark gap and oscillations while it is conducting. And while the plasma is conducting the capacitor will not charge so there will be a delay before it can do so again. What would these times typically be?

[thegeekgroup]

That's a whole video on it's own, and certainly not a beginner-level one. I'd be happy to get out some scopes and HV probes and do a video on that in the future though.

[zezimashock]

yes please would be intresting.

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

what vision mixer do you use?

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

I have all the parts laying around my room, I just need to get round to putting them together

[zezimashock]

so if you use a torroid that is big enought to increase the coils capacitance that the secondary frequentie would drop enough to get at the rate of firing from the spark gap.

that is why to use a torroid right?

[httprover]

I take it you are referring to a toroidal terminal capacitance at the top of the Tesla coil's secondary winding? The geometry of the capacitor is not really important. It could also be spheroidal. But the resonant frequency of the secondary coil with its capacitor should be close to that of the primary coil and its capacitor for best results. Which is why we need to know about resonance and the coupling of the two circuits.

[thegeekgroup]

Also remember that the diameter and smoothness of the toroid will control the breakout voltage of the system. This is an important consideration.

[zezimashock]

let me put it this way:

to decrease the frequentie of the coil,

you use a bigger torroid?

[httprover]

Ik geloof het wel. De frequentie van de LC-circuit is f = 1 / [2π · sqrt (LC)].

[asimov13647]

Bravo!