What is Tesla coil ... for it is and what to do with it etc ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Building a better Tesla coil Author: pic microcontroller discussion list at smtpgwy Date: 11/7/97 12:21 PM At 08:44 AM 11/4/97 +0000, you wrote: >I've also fantasized about building tesla coils. > >Doesn't the FCC get really upset about these things when they go off? >Esp. if you implement your plan to use FM to drive it? We are >talking, potentially, about a multi-kilowatt transmitter here. >Shielding? Well, its tuned to 500KHz, so without a tower, and being in my basement, with its energy heating, ionizing, and ozone-izing the air, hopefully it won't be heard. By FM chirp, I mean around 10 to 100KHz, not the 88-108MHZ band! >AND the idea about the arc spewing jackolantern that tracks burglars >- THAT's way cool. I thought so. Although its more to amuse my family, than assault. A recent post on the TESLA mailing list commented that two car coils insulated in oil with plastic tubing, and phased, produced 30" sparks when pulsed with a 600V 100uF (18 watt) impulse. Ouch!