Tesla Coil

Here is my tesla coil. It is powered by a 12,000V 60ma neon sign transformer. The output voltage can exceed 1.5 million volts.

Tesla coils was invented by Nikola Tesla in 1891.You can learn more about them in the wikipedia article. The video does not show the coil running at full power, if I turn it up too much, it messes up the video camera.

This video is very old. I am hoping to rebuild the coil soon, and when I do I'll post better video and some high resolution photos.

DON'T TRY TO MAKE ONE OF THESE YOURSELF UNLESS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND QUALIFIED TO USE HIGH VOLTAGES. A SHOCK FROM ONE OF THESE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE FATAL.