120 volt kicking coil mini Tesla coil

Tesla coil driven by a 2300 turn #26 wire kicking coil wound around the core from and old ignition coil. The base of the Tesla coil (about 400 turns of #30 wire) is grounded at the power socket. The primary is two turns with two .047 uF capacitors in series. The interrupter is from a Model T buzz coil (KW contacts).
The beer can capacitive load better matches the resonant primary frequency resulting in a higher output voltage, but it's probably not optimal but two beers is too much :)

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[prototype9000]

one more question if i hadnt annoyed you allready what was the resistance of the kicking coil?

[helixwinder]

@prototype9000 No problem :) The resistance is 27 ohms. A crude measurement of the inductance give about 400 mH which gives an impedance of about 153 ohms at 60 Hz.

[prototype9000]

where do you get the mechanical interrupter from

[helixwinder]

@prototype9000 The "kw contacts" are available from antique auto suppliers. As I said, mine were salvaged from a burnt out Model T buzz coil. Not the best choice since they are not designed to handle the current and overheat very quickly. They are also not very easy to adjust for tension as they were meant to work with the Ford coil which has very specific requirements.

[dsupanga]

You gave me an idea.I gave beer to my plasma bulb but haven't thought of Youtube.

[prototype9000]

i just made a kicking coil not sure if i should hook it up to the wall power just yet so im just using a30 volt transformer to be on the safe side

[helixwinder]

@sprogdiklis Google "kicking coil apparatus", first hit.