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Tesla Coils

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How Tesla coils work

Parts of a Tesla Coil

Details of Various Tesla Coils built purely for the fun of playing with high voltages and large sparks.

There are two main types of coil that I have experemented with.
Click one of the links or pictures below for more info on the coils,

Semiconductor Driven Coils,
Tesla coils excited by using semiconductors

	Brick DRSSTC Brick DRSSTC (Dual Resonant Solid State Tesla Coil), Brick IGBT Driven Tesla Coil. Click for more information
	Brick OLTC Brick OLTC (Off line Tesla Coil), Brick IGBT Driven Tesla Coil. Click for more information		OLTC OLTC (Off line Tesla Coil), IGBT Driven Tesla Coil Click for more information AD-OLTC (the upgrade) Click for more information AD-OLTC Rebuild , Click for more information AD-OLTC Rebuild , continued... Click for more information
	(DR)SSTC2 A (DR)SSTC using a full bridge of mosfets Click for more information		SSTC A Small SSTC for experementation Click for more information
	Tessie A test bed for a Solid State Tesla Coil, retired from service Click for more information		Millie Tess A tiny Solid State Tesla Coil, Click for more information
	Nano Tess A miniture Solid State Tesla Coil Click for more information NanoTessII Click for more information NanoTessIII Click for more information		Flat Eric A miniture Solid State Pancake Tesla Coil Click for more information
	Sprite A Small Solid State DRSSTC Click for more information		Diabolo An experemental OLTC Solid State Tesla Coil using IGBT's in series to increase the primary Voltage Click for more information

Sparkgap Driven Coils,
Tesla coils excited by using a spark gap

	Big Tess Classic Tesla Coil. Click for more information		Maggot Small Tesla Coil Magnifier, Working, but in development. Click for more information
	Cotton Tess Small Table Top Tesla Coil , Secondary former wound on an old industrial cotton reel. 6-8" sparks, great corona. Click for more information		Ikle Tess A 12v ignition coil powered coil, making a safe(ish) Tesla coil as there is no contact to live mains. 3"- 4" sparks Click for more information
	Tiny Tess A really small 12v powered coil. Click for more information		The EnyWeeny coils A set of really small Spark gap coils. Click for more information

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