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FrozenGate by Avery

Tesla Coil Build Thread

Yeah, that happens when you're young, USAbro. Just remember the experience and all the skills it involved, it will serve you well in the future.
 





Sigurthr said:
Yeah, that happens when you're young, USAbro. Just remember the experience and all the skills it involved, it will serve you well in the future.
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Thank you Sigurthr, your experience really got it working.
 
Thought I would share my "junk coil" I threw together last night with parts from my junk bin.

Its a single IRFP260 in an Armstrong oscillator configuration.
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Short video:


YT video link not working :thinking:
 
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oh man, that neon tube! I've been wanting one for years now, haha.

great little coil too, not much of a duty cycle on that tiny sink though!
 
crazyspaz said:
You have to just the tags, not the whole link
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Thanks +1 for the tip :beer:

Sigurthr said:
oh man, that neon tube! I've been wanting one for years now, haha.

great little coil too, not much of a duty cycle on that tiny sink though!
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I haven't tried tuning yet. Just finished soldering it up and turned the power on expecting flying silicon but it started first light!!

It does get hot fast but I was expiating that considering I didn't have the exact components I needed. I couldn't find the 460's I thought I had so I used a 260 in its place.

The Lightning Stalker said:
This one?
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Yup, thats the one minus the 15v gate drive.
 
Don't you love those little victories where you are expecting flying silicon and you cringe, only to open your eyes and find it working!? They're moments to be treasured, because the flipside occurrences are heart wrenching.
 
Ah man this thread has been torture over the last couple weeks while waiting for my kit to ship. The good news is the first tiny Tesla kits will ship tomorrow but the bad news is I was in the last round of backers so probably another month for mine. :(
 
Just some of the coil running.

And it was a pain in the butt to get just this small clip converted, idk why it doesn't except mp4.:crackup:

-Sean
 

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That's a thing of beauty.

Thanks for the Pics Polonium. Never seen anything like that.

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