4000W Tesla coil test

[MALEVOLENCE222]

Esta de huevos

[HorizonDelta]

Kool !

[MacAppleJack]

Nice!!! I'm glad I don't live upstairs.

[MrCHINBAG]

NICE......BUT WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?

[ihp0ts]

If that didnt kill the vermins on the roof, I dunno what will

[Hypocamparis]

lol, was die leute alles so heimlich im keller basteln xD

[TheUnTouChAbLeSTaTUs]

OMG this is awesoBOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!! Lol that would be great.

[mrawsome12]

How cool would it be to somehow wire a smaller one inside of you and than be able to shoot lightning out of your hands!

[lexbooth1]

Just cut the powerlines and acsess the hidden 50k volts in there, be safe lol

[TheFMRage]

Is it dangerous?

[xLegiitKnifinz]

@TheFMRage Yes it is

[elomar1127]

awesome



[malone162]

noisy!

[hwwhitesock17]

how much did this cost and what is your power source?

[Coasterintheyard]

...will be useful. If possible, could you send me a schematic? Plz reply.

[Coasterintheyard]

How many volts are the sparks (I know the power to the coil is 8kv). I'm assuming those two blue pipes on the ceiling are pvc, because i'm thinking if they were metal the spark would "choose" to strike them instead of the ceiling, since they probable eventually run into the ground. I heard that MOT's should be avoided because they are quite flimsy, please correct me if i am wrong. Also what did you use for a ballast on the MOT's? I'm currently building my first tesla coil, so about any advice...

[vtxphantom]

Excuse my ignorance, but other than making sparks, what else do you you a Tesla coil for? Looks like an expensive toy without much purpose.

[Landotter1]

@vtxphantom You are quite correct. A TC is merely a toy, a visual effect these days. The challenge is to find and build parts and get the largest spark out of the least input power (perfect resonance) It IS a challenge and very rewarding if you get it right, but yeah, not too much to do with them, really.

[fushandschups]

That thing really likes your roof =P

[Prussiaaccount]

Awesome as long as you don't sell it to the Soviet Union :D

[uli87]

Really cool and all... but what's the point of this? I mean do you have any uses for it?

[fwimble]

@uli87 dude its a Tesla Coil, does he really need one?

[danksmokaz]

HAHA srsg is a grinder love it!!!!!

[predator45655]

WAIT TILL THE ELECTRIC BILL HITS THE MAT. LOL

[kjbaran]

wicked

[HM2028]

freakin awesome

[bderousse]

is it me or does it look like hes getting power loss at the base?

[jeffddow]

people arent joking when they say these are loud...

[chilidress]

a van der graaf generator would be a good power source for tesla coil?

[CaptnMorshu]

HOLY SHIT

[petermines]

Is this just steel ducting that you are using for the top load

[nothingtoyouatall]

it made me nervous when it started arcing to the pipes on the ceiling ,i started thinking to myself "i hope those aren't gas lines"

[Th4w]

This makes me want to be a giant Tesla coil.

[Maker5464]

I have one of 6 volts



[noobrcrazy]

so this is pretty much electricity?

[GIRLIKESTACOS]

What's your eletctric bill look like"?

[niodey]

Great work man!

[Kecidek]

Lol first glance *this coil sucks*

*charging soung* 0.o

*huge arc* DAAAAMMMN!!!

[GoldenBproductions]

*accedently jumps in thw ay of the beam *

*electrocuted*

"nooooooooooooooooooo"

*wakes up in hospital bed*

doctor: it apears your body has become a magnet for static electricity

IM A GO FRY SOME BITCHES!!!!!

[penguinbreath]

Hope there are no gas leaks.

[alermo1]

To jest dźwięk dla moich uszu :-)))

[bonecrime]

I just love the sound it makes! :D

[danne249]

ITS ALIVE ITS ALIVE MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

[danne249]

ITS ALIVE ITS ALIVE MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA >:D

[ElkoSpace]

Very nice selfmade TT

[MrMHatter]

plumber upstairs working on a blue pipe gets the shock of his life

[Skyoneer2007]

if im not mistaken I think thats .2 amps

[mapukmapuk]

idk how it works but i tried steper motor with batery and the resultat is EMP but very low

[C20rules]

Haha, awesome stuff there!

It's also clearly heard how the elecric field from the sparks induces noise in the audio circuits in the camera :)

[08Kutt]

hey i have a Dual-Mot big tesla coil, and i made a 50nF 18KVDC glass capacitor, can i use it? i tried with veeeery low bps like 0:23 and result 70cm sparks

[08Kutt]

whats the secondary lenght???

[Andrei917]

Hi.

I was constructing a tesla coil, then I added the capacitor to the primary. Now it takes some seconds to "start" the sparks on the spark gap. Is this normal? The spark looks 10 times more powerfull. But I turned it off after 1 second, I was afraid, I don't wanna "burn" the thing, haha I spent a lot of time building it. Now I will look for any short circuit on the capacitor... I still don't have a secondary, so I don't know if it will really work.  Sorry I don't speak english very well.

[teslasintern]

Good job, what is your ballast?  If you allow more current (no ballast) and crank your break rate (700-1300 BPS) you should be able to push about 8 feet with that kind of power!

[omegalab]

@teslasintern

I have a 6kVA variac for the mots. The BPS I use is around 1000. I know it's capable more sparklenght, but I need a new secondary with better insulated wire, because if I increase the coupling, the wire arcs over.

[teslasintern]

@omegalab Another thing to try is to up the top load, the size should roughly correlate to input wattage (sqrt Watts in) / 2 < top Capacitance (in pF) < sqrt Watts in, so for 4000W you are looking for roughly a 12*55 diameter toroid (truck tire tube.) Bigger is better, but you're correct a better coil with a higher coupling will do wonders! Shoot for about 1200 turns and a 4.5/1 H/D ratio, possibly lower for larger diameter coil (6-in+.) Have fun, happy coiling!

[Videoman2550]

That is one beautiful machine. Was it very difficult to build? It looks professional. And how do you build a RSG? I've heard that Nikola Tesla was a believer. Is this true?

[omegalab]

@Videoman2550

The total price for the parts were around 500$. And + the variac box with a 6kVA and 1kVA variac which I got free.

The whole building took me a half year.

[Videoman2550]

@omegalab

Yikes! Thank God You Tube is still free! Thanks for sharing this with the you tube community. Well done and I will keep an eye out for more of your videos.

[shekiman]

we made almost same model before (let me caluclate) 16 year before. it was interresting, because all neon lights in room were lighting :D that's all what is interresting here... :D

[elreydelmundo3]

will touching that kill you?

[eckyspondoolie]

Give it more Egor... more I say.

(insert evil laughter here.).....

[oscarnine2]

I have a possible idea for you people out there who are smarter than me. I learned this from another site.

Can you run the coil in reverse? Instead of sending sparks out from the coil, why not use the coil to absorb the voltages from the atmosphere and create power?

[Muttyfut]

@oscarnine2

Sorry but this is a resonance transformer, if a lightning bolt hit this then it would turn to a pile of dust. It dosnt work in reverse, but good idea...

[Landotter1]

The SG drastically affects the spark length and there are many ways to achieve this to include blowing compressed air over the electrodes, to quench the spark. Achieving resonance is where the most power will be discharged so changing the freq. of the SG helps achieve the resonant frequency which is where the longest spark will be discharged. Clear as mud, right? They are defeningly loud so wear ear protection and UV eye protection. Looking at the SG is like looking into an arch welder arch.

[DarknessWyvern]

It looks to me like you trying to make a FRANKENSTEIN.

[johnreew]

tuch that and u scrood

[tom92373]

It's ALIVE!

[haloexpert96]

Does a static spark gap effect spark length? And how loud are these? I live in an upstairs apartment.

[omegalab]

@haloexpert96

Static gap is just for test. If you want a good efficiency, you must build a RSG.

If you run a coil in your upstairs apartment, your neighbors will be very angry :)

Because the sound, and the big amount of EM.

[tobesta2003]

@omegalab also because you will blow up their stuff when it arcs into their apartment :D

[SeanTuckerBrett]

@omegalab 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?

[Landotter1]

@SeanTuckerBrett Sounds like a pretty impressive coil but yes, you will need much more power to get an 8 foot spark. 30mA is more of a table top coil and if you are REALLY lucky, 9-12 inch sparks! :-D good luck and if you DO get that kind of spark from 30mA do let us know what you did to get that. That would be incredible!!! You can parallel neon sign xformers to get more power. Make sure primaries are in phase or problems will occur. You will need to see it on a scope, on the secondaries.

[Landotter1]

@Landotter1 You will need to build a voltage divider with at least 10M ohms of resistance and it will need to be at least a foot long so series up 10-20 1M resistors so you keep the scope away from HV! If all the secondaries are in phase, the current output will be additive. You must have the same voltage rating on the secondaries but the current rating doesn't matter. Best of luck! It can be quite frustrating. The high power stuff takes a lot more safety to handle so be careful! ;-)

[SeanTuckerBrett]

@Landotter1 Okay. thank you for your help btw!! How much power would i need for about 5 feet sparks? i can connect a couple NST's in series...

[Landotter1]

@SeanTuckerBrett No sir. If you series them the current will be divided. Power is what you want, which is Volts multiplied by amps. so .030X12,000 = 360Watts. What you really want is 9000V .060A transformers if possible because your capacitor will be much easier to build or buy. They still sell "door knob" caps but I'm only seeing 15KV on them. If your transformer is pushing 12KV that's pretty close to capacitor breakdown.

[Landotter1]

@SeanTuckerBrett You can put caps in series-parallel to get the voltage and capacitence rating you want. I'd go with 2X the voltage of the transformer minimum. I'd say at least 1 KW for 5-8 foot sparks. Put 4 or 5 NST's in parallel but you MUST make sure they are in phase with each other or they will cancel each other out and burn out the secondary windings. All you have to do is change the "hot" or neutral AC connection to the primaries, to get the secondaries in phase.

[Landotter1]

@SeanTuckerBrett If you put NST's in series, you may burn out the secondaries from flashover. NST"s are filled with tar. tar is carbon composite but can conduct electricity if in the right state. putting them in series will only cut your output current in half, assuming they are the same current rating. Parallel is the only feasable way to do NST's. If all else fails, call the electric company and buy a 5 KVA pole transformer!!!

[Landotter1]

@SeanTuckerBrett Problem with big power coils is EVERYTHING changes. You must have large voltage controls for the transformer (variac) which are hard to find. Huge oil filled capacitor. It gets real ugly and expensive. I have seen 2-3 KW NST arrangements, that work just fine. Still, you will need a big variac to control the input voltage. A rotary spark gap will need to be made. Big Tesla coils aren't for the faint of heart, foolish, or thin wallet folks. They can be very expensive.

[Landotter1]

@SeanTuckerBrett Make no mistake. You have to get real serious, and I mean retarded serious about electrical safety. This stuff will kill in an instant. No hype, no scare tactics. Powerful TC's are serious business and need to be treated with the highest respect.

[Frontdesk99]

@haloexpert96 An upstairs apartment. A device like that....

Geez... Some people are just too stupid to even piss unattended.

[N00B283]

waht happens when you touch that ray

[JVGSNOW]

@N00B283 what happens is that u get ffed up son, moral of the story don't be a hero around these purple arc'ing sons of bitcches.

[N00B283]

@JVGSNOW Hehe:D

[haloexpert96]

hi i will be making a tesla coil 4 inch diamater and was wondering what it that has to do with making a tesla coil have diffrent sounds hz. like the high pichtched whining in this one is most common but ive aso heard lower noises. is it the voltage or current

[omegalab]

@haloexpert96

The (rotary) spark gap makes the various sounds. Or, SSTC's, DRSSTC's can make 1Hz - x kHz sound. You can make corona without hearable sound too.

[GUION2000]

que buena chispa! Para las bujías de los motores de 2T...con esta chispa, arrancan de una...me parece..

[edunad]

sounds like its going to explode O_O

[rockandroll626]

wwwaaaat the hell beutiful

[speltbackwards]

Damn....Touch it.

[gmancraze]

its turning on run dig hole and pray to god not to die

[gizmoguyar]

is it a .56nf or 56 nf cap?

[omegalab]

@gizmoguyar

56nF

[aldrinjeffmercado]

Command & Conquer  RED ALERT

[yowis97]

@musicnab

U can make music for it or just for high voltage output and i think but not that they use them as high voltage dischargers

[musicnab]

What can be done with a tesla coil?

[ObadiahtheSlim]

@musicnab

IIRC, they are used to start a sodium vapor light. Not sure they have any other current applications. Mostly they are built for SCIENCE!

[morcashi]

can you use this free energy in home use?

[mikitymike]

@morcashi it's not free energy

[sprogdiklis]

what transformer do you useng

[quakers101]

what exactly does it do? whats the point of this thing?

[abseconPC]

can that shock you

[donkeypoodle]

isn't there a huge static charge in that blue pipe up there now?

[omegalab]

@donkeypoodle

No.

[noekiyu]

That thing is scary looking !!

[LangszorosVillam]

Szia!

Gondolom te gyakorlott vagy már ebben, azt tudom, hogy nagyobb Tesla-tekercsnél kisebb frekin rezonál, de vajon mekkora tekercs kell ahhoz, hogy mondjuk 440Hz-en rezegjen? Nem tudsz rá vmi becslést adni? Azt gondolom hogy irdatlan nagy, de vajon Tesla építhetett-e ekkora nagyságrendben?

[omegalab]

@LangszorosVillam

Nem, 440Hz-en a csatolás gyakorlatilag 0. Mindenképpen nagyságrendekkel nagyobb frekvenciára van szükség.

[YTBYTBTB]

congratulations :D

[nick9823]

sweet

[radumotisan]

"nagy tesla" :)

ez egy Monster Tesla

[omegalab]

@radumotisan

Actually this is only a medium sized coil. Maybe we will have a chance to work on a 100kW coil, if we get support.

[radumotisan]

Well I hope you do that. You have a very interesting page and some good projects. Thanks for sharing!

[zker666]

@omegalab I would love to see a 100kW coil! I only make small ones but mine are getting bigger and better!

[AdemAvTurkiet]

every thought about turning the light off..?

[BillyL6]

i wonder if the iron man 2 dude made a better version of this..

[all4atlantis]

not really... just breaks all their electronics sensitive to electronic fluctuations.

[VideoGameMaster007]

crazy

[freitasnetuno]

does it consumes too much energy?

[danierudude]

u know his electric pill is up the ass

[xlaleclx]

Red Alert!!

[freitasnetuno]

lmao!

[Atarien6]

@xlaleclx OMG! i know when i saw tesla cable thats the first thing that came to mind

[GermanFossi]

omg thats so funny, i would build this as defense in my room :P

[OoysteinO]

HAH!! awesome but i guess this is something that you just don't build in your basment.... kinda dangerous!

[scienceprimo]

@OoysteinO actually, it is. I have one in that exact place.

especially because cold water pipes can be used, occasionally, as grounds.

[riotpack]

lol

[shockd2def]

awesome coil, love it, looks like you may have a bit of over coupling

[BialyTrufl]

ladny rachunek za prąd :D

[omegalab]

...are you?

[daysyroks]

is this yours? and how do you go about building one do you have to get permission?

[omegalab]

Permission for what?

[poprostudaniel]

R.I.P NIkola, Tesla was a genius. He knew God.

This toy is fuckin awesome

[Nanovirus5995]

Yes and no. He was a got but these are no toys. You Can and Will be criticly injured if this peice of equiptment was misused. However I do admire your spirit.

[interest547]

Could make a 4kW amp. for amateur radio...

[dunnodontcare93]

Your house could have burst in fire :|

[billigerfusel]

Lol, you're burning your roof. Not as planned.

[Comhippy]

Is the torrid connected to the secondary, or is it just sitting on top?

[omegalab]

Connected of course.

[Comhippy]

Wow, I've been looking all over on the internet, and no one told me. Thanks :)

[rayearth05]

imagine the electric bill?

[anderstc47]

Awesome coil, do you use a doubler on your 4-MOT primary?

[omegalab]

Doubler on the mot primary???

[anderstc47]

Yes, When microwave oven transformers are used in microwaves, they use a HV diode to double the output voltage of the transformer, its output is rectified DC. I was curious to know if you used these diodes with your transformers.

[omegalab]

MOT Primary means the mains circuit!

The tesla primary circuit contains MOT secondary coils.

But if you read the description, you can see the answer.

[anderstc47]

Excuse me, when I said primary, I was speaking of the MOT secondary, which is the tesla coils primary. I assumed that you knew what I was referring to when I said primary. The description says nothing about any diodes, so I will assume you dont use them. Thank you.

[omegalab]

"power supply: 4 mots in series @ ~ 8kV"

With doubler, the voltage is 22kVDC.

[acs1978aus]

This is BEYOND cool!

[POTSla]

Nice coil!

But your neighbors would be angry if they can´t even watch TV or use a mobile xD

[samssoftwareuser]

if i put my weener near it, would it arc on it?

[Pangaway]

Have you ever seen the experiment where an electrical current is passed through a pickle?

I'm sure it would be fairly similar.

[samssoftwareuser]

lol thanks

[redtails]

0:37 wat the shocks went straight to the concrete ceiling

Must have been loud as hell in that little room

[omegalab]

Yep, very loud.

[redtails]

What are you using as AC high frequency amplifier anyway?

[omegalab]

This is not a solid state coil. Power supply 4x microwave oven transformer in series, 8kVAC.

[mrrocker1993]

BANG!

[Dyavol7]

а как его делать пишите в лс плизз=)

[o0JohnnyReb0o]

What engine is it from ? An engine starter ? An electric chainsaw or things like that ?

[o0JohnnyReb0o]

I mean motor

[WUdhuozouz]

angle grinder

[lbochtler]

you probobly meen 4000V not 4000 W Bicos that is going to be a high electricety bill.

[yosip1115]

hello, my coil is a 4 inch pvc secondary, but it needs over 12 turns to be close to in tune, do you know how I can reduce this ammount? my toroid is home made, its much like a 3 inch dryer duct toroid but a little different, my cap bank is at 13 nf, with a 12kv 30 ma nst, and a static spark gap, 1/4 inch tubing for my primary... thanks

[TeslaNick2]

Increase your cap size, that's the easiest way, or you could make a new secondary with less turns.

[madmike230]

or u can just make your top load smaller

[satansay]

I want one for Xmas

[dingo27mobile]

For comparment - how loud it is?

[Comhippy]

Turn your volume to the max when the tesla coil comes on. I've seen a half a million volt tesla coil, and it's pretty loud.

[omegalab]

The capacitor stores approx. 10J of energy, that discharges 600 times in a sec. 10J of energy discharge sounds like a small firecracker exploding near you.

[Comhippy]

2 torrids (top load)?

[omegalab]

Yes.

[Comhippy]

Also, how do you make the top load?

[omegalab]

With flexible aluminum duct tube.

[Comhippy]

Also, what's the difference between a normal spark gap, and a rotary spark gap?

[omegalab]

The rotary gives a smooth quenching, and the breaks / second is variable. The static gap is not variable (when running), and if you have a low voltage supply (4-6kV) the result is arcing.

Plus, when you use a rotary gap, you can minimize the space between the moving electrode, and the static tungsten electrode, and this minimize the energy loss in the gap.

[YourPartofEVIL]

How did you get so silent? RF generator? Or is your spark gap some where else?

Nice.