Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Disclaimer: working with high voltage is dangerous, if you follow any of this instructions and build something and get injured/die while playing with it, you have done it at your own risk.
Recently I decided to make a video series about Tesla coils because my channel name is high voltage but I do not put many high voltage video related on this channel, so I thought Tesla coil could be something interesting. Before this I have never built a Tesla coil for myself, so it was also a good experience for myself to learn new things. Although the circuitry is exceedingly simple, the nonlinear behavior of spark gap and the discharge makes it a bit difficult to analyze the circuit and match experimental results with simulation. But that is exactly what I plan to do. this first Tesla coil performed not very special, but it was my first Tesla coil so I am happy with the results. At the end of the video I used a power source which I have not shown it, because it is not fully developed and would make the video very complex. Several videos will follow this video in which we will cover different parts of the circuitry that impact the performance of the Tesla coil. If everything goes well I plan to write a paper about the topic, and the viewers can also help me making the paper.
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Name: Apex, Artist: Aakash Gandhi
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Available budget (N): 683-100-29*(29+1)=-287
Storage limit: 2^ln(683)=92,18
Disclaimer: working with high voltage is dangerous, if you follow any of this instructions and build something and get injured/die while playing with it, you have done it at your own risk.
Recently I decided to make a video series about Tesla coils because my channel name is high voltage but I do not put many high voltage video related on this channel, so I thought Tesla coil could be something interesting. Before this I have never built a Tesla coil for myself, so it was also a good experience for myself to learn new things. Although the circuitry is exceedingly simple, the nonlinear behavior of spark gap and the discharge makes it a bit difficult to analyze the circuit and match experimental results with simulation. But that is exactly what I plan to do. this first Tesla coil performed not very special, but it was my first Tesla coil so I am happy with the results. At the end of the video I used a power source which I have not shown it, because it is not fully developed and would make the video very complex. Several videos will follow this video in which we will cover different parts of the circuitry that impact the performance of the Tesla coil. If everything goes well I plan to write a paper about the topic, and the viewers can also help me making the paper.
Music: from Youtube Audio library
Name: Apex, Artist: Aakash Gandhi
Finance: N=29
subs=683
Available budget (N): 683-100-29*(29+1)=-287
Storage limit: 2^ln(683)=92,18
