Tesla Coil Agnes

Tesla Coil Agnes (Sept. 1998/99/00) is my 3rd and largest coil. Its taken over 2 years to complete. It stands about 8' tall and the top is roughly 58" in diameter. My other 2 coils were practice to build and understand the concept while "Agnes" was under construction. I've gotten up to 6-7' continuous sparks. I'm also in the process (for several years now) to build a second / larger toroid for the top to optimize the output spark. When completed it should produce 12-15' sparks.
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Specs:
  • Primary - 16 turns of 1/2" copper tube wound at a 15ยบ angle
  • Secondary - 14"dia cardboard sonna tube wound with 42" of #18 magnet wire, approx. 950 turns I think
  • Cap - 3 Maxwell military grade oil filled caps equaling .09uf, can you say BIG MONEY $$$$
  • Spark Gap - DC Variable up to 3000 rpm Rotating with 4 contact points.
  • Transformer - 10KVA 220V Pole Pig, Did the power go out in your neighborhood lately?
  • Toroid - 2" x 58" alum tube, should be 12" x 58", Found a 12" x 36" toroid (8/2011) and it seems to be working. Big sparks! Big sparks!
  • Output Sparks - so far 8-10' 



 

Kites Over Lake Michigan 2012 - Tesla Coil Demonstration


Kites Over Lake Michigan 2012 - Tesla Coil Demonstration


 

Kites Over Lake Michigan 2011 - Tesla Coil Demonstration



Prepping for Kite Fest - A nice firing with calm winds in my driveway


More Photos on my Flickr site - Tesla Coil Pics and Vids

     


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