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Tesla Coils
A description of each of the tesla coils I've built

Spark & Arc Pictures
Sparks & arcs Electrical discharge pictures

EE at Teslathons
 Pictures from UK Teslathons and tesla coil exhibitions

How Tesla coils work
Diagrams of how a tesla coil works

Parts of a Tesla Coil
The componants that make up a tesla coil

Other HV stuff
Other High Voltage equipment and things that don't fit anywhere else

Calculation&Formulae
Tesla coil or high voltage related calculations, formulae and tables

Tesla Coil Glossary
 A list of TLA's & FLA's tesla coil and high voltage terms

Links
 A list of Links to other Tesla Coil or high voltage related Sites
A selection of the best pictures of my tesla coils, giving arcs and sparks
Click on the image for a better view


BigTess at the Gaussfest 2003

An Arc to Earth from Maggie

An Arc to Earth from Maggie

Streamers to air from Maggie

Streamers to air from Maggie
An Arc nearly to earth from Maggie

An Arc nearly to earth from Maggie
 Big Tess at the Cambridge Teslathon 2003

Big Tess at the Cambridge Teslathon 2003
 Big Tess at the Cambridge Teslathon 2003

Big Tess at the Cambridge Teslathon 2003
Bigg Tess Arcs to earth at the cambridge Teslathon 2003

Big Tess Arcs to earth at the cambridge Teslathon 2003
 Big Tess Illuminating a Flourecent tube on Bonfire night 2003
Big Tess Illuminating a Flourecent tube on Bonfire night 2003
 My First OLTC giving 12 inch streamers to air.

My First OLTC giving 12" streamers to air.

An 11 inch power arc to earth from the OLTC

An 11" power arc to earth from the OLTC

 A 19 inch Arc to earth from the AD-OLTC

A 19" Arc to earth from the AD-OLTC
 My SSTC1 with a pretty display of streamers.

My SSTC1 with a pretty display of streamers.
My SSTC1 at very low pulse width

My SSTC1 at very low pulse width

My AD-OLTC testing a mother board

 A Salty spark (a small arc with salt on the breakout)

A Salty spark (a small arc with salt on the breakout)
Another Salty Spark

Another Salty Spark

A third Small Salty Spark

A third Small Salty Spark

 SSTC2 Arcing to earth at very low power (a long exposure)

SSTC2 Arcing to earth at very low power (a long exposure)
SSTC2 8 inch arcs to air.

SSTC2 8" arcs to air.
 an 8 inch Salty Spark form my SSTC2

an 8" Salty Spark form my SSTC2
 Another 8 inch Salty spark from the SSTC2

Another 8" Salty spark from the SSTC2
Me and the AD-OLTC at the 2004 Gaussfest

Me and the AD-OLTC at the 2004 Gaussfest
 Christmas star, My SSTC1 with a star as a breakout

Christmas star, My SSTC1 with a star as a breakout


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