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🕑 Added 2020-12-01 05:25:58 +0000 UTCPlaying with overpowered keychain laser pointers was fun, but it doesn't hold a candle to this project. After a bit of a hiatus, I started working on the huge vacuum tube tesla coil again yesterday. If the next week goes smoothly, I'll have this video ready by Christmas!
The coil is tuned to a low frequency that should encourage large, branching arcs that resemble a tree, thus it will be my "million volt Christmas tree" assuming everything works out.
EVERYTHING on this coil is overbuilt, which means my breakers are going to be my limit in power input. Even so, I'm planning on feeding it nearly 10kW, which will make this one of the most powerful vacuum tube tesla coil builds out there.
Stay tuned!
Comments
David Pridmore
That cap bank is intense.
WILL CHAMBERS
I'm curious as to how long it took to calculate it. However, more concerning is how do the caps not all arc and short?
styropyro
I hammered and drilled a bunch of copper pipe to make the connections. Yes that was tedious lol
WILL CHAMBERS
That's epic. How did you make that wicked cap bank??
