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How do you make a Tesla coil?
You can make one by winding thin copper wire around a narrow tube, such as a disposable ball point pen. Assemble the components. Place the primary and secondary circuits next to each other, and connect the power supply transformer to the primary circuit through the chokes. Once you plug the transformer in, your Tesla coil is ready to run.
Can you build a Tesla coil?
Consider the size, placement, and power requirements of the Tesla coil before you build it. You can build as large a Tesla coil as your budget allows; however, the lightning-bolt-like sparks Tesla coils generate heat and expand the air around them (in essence, creating thunder).
Assemble the components. Place the primary and secondary circuits next to each other, and connect the power supply transformer to the primary circuit through the chokes. Once you plug the transformer in, your Tesla coil is ready to run. If the primary coil is of sufficiently large diameter, the secondary coil can be set inside it.
How do you choose a Tesla coil?
For a Tesla Coil most consideration is given to the inductance and capacitance values. In the primary circuit, thick wires are used so that the resistance of these does not reduce the current flow.
What do you need to run a Tesla coil?
You'll need a power supply transformer, a high-capacitance primary capacitor, a spark gap assembly, a low-inductance primary inductor coil, a high-inductance secondary inductor coil, a low-capacitance secondary capacitor and something to suppress, or choke, the high-frequency noise pulses created when the Tesla coil operates.
Hold a CFL bulb near the coil while it is on. It should light up wirelessly! Due to the strong EMF coming from the tesla coil the electricity will excite the gasses inside the CFL making it glow. You can also do this with Fluorescent tubes. The same principles apply. Another thing that will light up near the tesla coil is a Neon Bulb.