Faraday cage for Tesla coil

Faraday cage for Tesla coil, a set on Flickr.

Build this Faraday cage to protect people and equipment from "Tesla rash"

Weird: Wireless Energy Illumination Reactive Device

Weird: Wireless Energy Illumination Reactive Device, a set on Flickr.

Made this device for a museum to demonstrate Tesla's wireless energy transfer.

Quick test of new Solid State Tesla coil controller

Made a new micro controller based resonance controller for the exhibition Tesla coil. The design is very succesful and i'm really exited to try it on the actual Tesla coil secondary being build as I write. Until then the best I have is a roll of wire but as seen in the video a mere 37 volts on the driver circuit makes quite a remarkable spark. If left on for more than a few seconds the wire ends catch on fire :) (Murharhar!!)

Finished Tesla coil

Tesla coil ready for exhibition.

Short test video of the coil setting paper on fire.

Video from Tesla building

More Tesla build pictures

Tesla coil , a set on Flickr.

We had another night of Tesla coil building. This time all circuits were tested and power applied for the first time.

Tesla 2012

Tesla coil , a set on Flickr.

A while ago i was asked to make a Tesla Coil for an exhibition about Nikola Tesla. I have previously experimented with traditional Tesla coils (Archive). These were loud, dangerous and not really public friendly devices.

A new generation of electronically controlled solid state Tesla coils have been emerging over the last couple of years and we decided that one of these were better suited for public display.

A side effect of the electronic control is the ability to play music. I find this feature rather corny but it seems to be a real crowd pleaser.

Here are the result of the first build night with my long-time Tesla buddy Marc.