Articles, tagged with "high voltage", page 6
09th February 2011
I want to build a Tesla Coil, but i don't want to spend more than, say 25$ on supplies. Does anyone know where i could get the instructions for building one?
well what you can do is get some old wall transformers that you plug in. take those apart a...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
09th February 2011
Can someone harness the power of a Tesla coil to make a weapon or generate electricity to power his/her home for free? Energy always dissipates along the path of least resistance. In the case of high voltage electricity there are two factors to consider: ...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
09th February 2011
I just got a mini-lecture from my high-school physics teacher about Tesla Coil and air-cored resonant transformer. But I just can't understand what he says...I only understand the ordinary step-up or step-down transformer. So, can anyone make it clear...w...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
08th February 2011
How Does A Tesla Coil Work And What Does It Do? Also, know any websites that explain how to build one? And is a Tesla coil safe (just high voltage is there a high current?). Okay, I will try to explain this without rambling, but forgive me because Tesla ...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
08th February 2011
How do I make a battery powered Tesla coil(obviously quite small)? I've seen those mini ones as well, some smaller than a 9 volt battery. But I want to make it as large as possible while using batteries only. I built a battery powered Tesla coil myself.
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Author:
Jared McGinty
07th February 2011
I am interested in Tesla coils but do not know what damage they can do to people. I want to know can I come in contact with one of the arcs they generate without getting hurt or feeling pain. But I will appreciate any advice you have.
I want to be able...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
07th February 2011
I experiment with high voltage as a hobby, and I've built several Tesla Coils. I'm not sure how much you've already read about Tesla Coils. But a Tesla Coil is a type of transformer that generates very high voltage at high frequency. It works with what's ...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
04th February 2011
Another term for Tesla Coil is "Air-core resonant transformer". It is a device Tesla invented in order to induce currents of VERY high voltage and very high frequency. It was an incredibly important device for his work and discoveries.
Most people toda...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
04th February 2011
Can you use the voltage generated by Tesla coils and or van de graaff machines for hosue hold use, or to use on electrical devices in general?
Van de Graaf generators generate static electricity, not very useful, but Tesla coils were originally develop...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
04th February 2011
I've seen some schematics of Tesla coils, and I noticed that they had capacitors and a spark gap at the primary coil of the last transformer, are these absolutely needed and why? In order to understand why Tesla Coils use spark gaps and capacitors, you ne...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
04th February 2011
The Tesla coils placed remotely on mountain tops could produce manmade lightning, of which ozone is the byproduct, Even on a small scale careful planning could place the produced ozone in its proper locale assuming solar drifting is a real concept!
Sho...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
04th February 2011
1.) What is the purpose of a Tesla Coil, in description? I've heard it's a power generator, but how so?
2.) How would I go about harvesting that energy, and utilizing it for a special project I'm working on?
Also, I'd really like to not DIE while wo...
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Author:
Jared McGinty
31st January 2011
Electric fences are widely used and are normally installed around premises to keep livestock safe from escaping as well as from predators. For the majority of farmers who have acres of land where livestock such as sheep, horses and cows graze, the cost di...
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Author:
Birmingham Fuel Oils
31st January 2011
Radio controllers also abbreviated as RC. It is such a tool that has the capability to control devices via radio signals. It is used in different field lines like armed forces, researches and industries etc. In the beginning, this structure was developed ...
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Author:
William Smith
27th January 2011
Garden lighting is something you cannot altogether ignore regardless of your level of involvement there. Actually, some people buy a home with an attractive backyard, which seems to them the perfect place to spend some time. This is why we say, garden lig...
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Author:
Zack R
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