Gaussfest Teslathon 2011

Nottingham Gaussfest 2011


PlasmaBalls
Chris Brought a couple of Plasma Balls and some flourecent tubes
Marx
Dave brough his Marx which intermittantly gave 300mm Arcs
Cap Bank
Dave also brought his can crusher.
Cap Bank
Dave's Marx Power supply
Cap Bank
Dave's Small Marx
Halo
Dereks Halo SSTC produces 4 breakouts
DRSSTC-LET
Dereks DRSSTC-LET running on a tray
Chris fluorescent tubes
Chris invites in aliens with a pair of fluorescent tubes powered from Halo
Halo SSTC
Dereks Halo with 4 rotating arcs
Chris and his fluorescents again
Chris and his fluorescents again with Dereks Halo
HALO SSTC
Dereks Halo SSTC
Karims DRSSTC's
Karim Setus up his dual musical DRSSTC's
Karims DRSSTC's
Karim's mains filter !!
Karims DRSSTC's
Karim's Sets off his MIDI files from his laptop
Karims DRSSTC's
Karim's Producing a great display
Karims DRSSTC's
To music
Karims DRSSTC's
With large 4' Arcs
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
Phill Tuck brought his newly rebuilt Tesla Coil
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
which appeared to have cought something nasty
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
but has a very well built rotary and cap bank
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
Phillip Strauss takes a rest whilst watching Phil Build his coil
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
Which ran very well
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
Which ran with some loud bangs
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
From his new cap bank
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
but large arcs to ground and the roof
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
The cap bank eventually broke down and burnt some insulation
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
Which was fixed with some silicon tubing
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
and Phill was back on line
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
With even more power from a 24mH choke from Phillip
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
Which actually was 17mH (loads more power)
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
Chris lent his fluorescents as a strike pole
Phill Tuck rotary Tesla Coil
which wasnt too well earthed
Will's Tesla Coil
A new tesla coil made out of fluorescent green acrylic
Will's Tesla Coil
A really nice looking coil
Will's Tesla Coil
That works too