Being inspired by a russian replication of a solid state Tesla coil, being capable of lighting incadescent lamps, i proceed to replication.
Anyway, i always wanted a mini Tesla coil.
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I manage to make a very innefective one, with a toroid it does not even spark, but with bare wire, it sparks nicely. It has almost no way of tuning, execpt of moving the lead connecting to primary heavy copper coil.
Naturally, i started connecting incadescent bulbs. The more efficient for my device is a 40watts. At first, the lamp barely heated its filament. after adding a small, SEC like toroid, thus eliminating the sparks, lamps light very little.
By touching, one lamp's lead to various points of the primary winding and the other lead to almost... anything, i managed to ligh the lamp some 20-25% of max brightness.
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The greater lamp brighthness with the smaller device input is achieved by connecting the lamp lead to a suitable point, adjusting the other "movable lead" of the Tesla coil to an also suitable point and finally... connecting the second lamp's lead to GROUND!
Why ground? Why ground enhances my lamp brightness? does have it to do with resonance nodal points and max amperage region? But to the primary?
I do not know exactly, anyone with knowleadge and experience, answer by all means.
Baroutolgos
Anyway, i always wanted a mini Tesla coil.
....
I manage to make a very innefective one, with a toroid it does not even spark, but with bare wire, it sparks nicely. It has almost no way of tuning, execpt of moving the lead connecting to primary heavy copper coil.
Naturally, i started connecting incadescent bulbs. The more efficient for my device is a 40watts. At first, the lamp barely heated its filament. after adding a small, SEC like toroid, thus eliminating the sparks, lamps light very little.
By touching, one lamp's lead to various points of the primary winding and the other lead to almost... anything, i managed to ligh the lamp some 20-25% of max brightness.
....
The greater lamp brighthness with the smaller device input is achieved by connecting the lamp lead to a suitable point, adjusting the other "movable lead" of the Tesla coil to an also suitable point and finally... connecting the second lamp's lead to GROUND!
Why ground? Why ground enhances my lamp brightness? does have it to do with resonance nodal points and max amperage region? But to the primary?
I do not know exactly, anyone with knowleadge and experience, answer by all means.
Baroutolgos
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