Shop Notes 10/8 - Delicate HV and Tesla Coil tinkering.

Working on a Tesla coil at the moment.  HV supply and coil are both together, work still needs to be done to get them 'talking' to each-other.

The HV supply is together and working, but I really needed to probe the circuits to see how it is performing on the micro scale.

But, having smoked a fair share of equipment in the past I was VERY hesitant to take more risks.

Nevertheless, after carefully probing the lines with a cheap meter and HV probe, I was finally comfortable enough to hook the scope up directly at extremely low power (<150v, <5 watts).

These are shots of the HV system as it is oscillating, in various configurations.

Basically I learned that I needed a much larger capacitor filter bank in order to make the system run 'quieter' in terms of RF+stray currents.

I'll have to install these at some point, but for now they can sit on the bench.  Just don't touch 'em😵

A couple shots with the slightly improved setup.  Getting good length arcs at about half the power as before.

Video here:    https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1293330662903779329?referrer=hakasays

The rest of the time was spent working on the Tesla coil.  Testing, retesting, rewinding, etc.

I think the secondary+extra coils are finally 'talking' to each-other now.  It took a few different setups before I settled on a solution that looks accurate.

10v peak-to-peak in results in >90v peak-to-peak out, so there is definitely some extra energy sloshing around between the coils.

Now that I know both parts are working well, I think the next couple days will be finally integrating them together, to see if I can't get a good, stable, oscillating Tesla coil running at a decent power level.

Hope you enjoyed🤠