There is scarcely mention made of vacuum tube or solidstate. With the advent of vacuum tube technology, it became evident that high power oscillators could be used to drive tesla coils. Vacuum tube tesla coils by kenneth l corum, 9780924758003, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Particularly if you can get one that isnt incredibly dangerous or expensive to build. I was doing some looking around today and found a bunch of vidoes on youtube of singing tesla coils. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Videos show the tesla coils in use and how to set up and operate. Tesla coil music sail by awolnation high power duration. Home forums general electronics questions general electronics discussion vacuum tube amp reply to thread. Megawatt pulsers power of the pulse can crusher, shredder using magnetic pulses. Oct 02, 20 tesla coils ionizes the air in the vacuum system alone, not the air under stp or if you wish, under ambient conditions. We can custom build vacuum tube or transistorized tesla coils up to 5 kw.
Then you would understand how a solid state vacuum tube tesla coil would need to function. So i finally found some time to make a video and i hope it helps the coil. A small vacuum tube tesla coil vttc electronics forums. It runs as a self controlled oscillator, continually charging and discharging the tank capacitor into the continue reading. Trimmer condenser on lil tc vacuum tube tesla coil trimmercondenser.
Vacuum tube tesla coil does fascinating stunts how to. Tesla s original circuits as well as most modern coils use a simple spark gap to excite oscillations in the tuned transformer. You can also do a search there for a vacuum tube tesla coil and itll turn up quite a few threads. High power vacuum tube tesla coil downloadable plans. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be much in the way of serious analysis, specifically directed toward vacuum tube tesla coils, in either the engineering literature cited above, or in the experimenter magazine articles. Vacuum tube coils are very similar to solid state coils in their method of operation.
Vttc1 dual 811a tubes vttc2 304tl vttc3 dual 833a vttc4 810 vttc5 single 833a vttc6 833cs, coming this winter staccato controller. Vacuum tube tesla coils, which have been making a comeback in recent years, can be just as rewardi. Big vacuum tube tesla coil with gu81m vttc vacuum tube tesla coil is a tesla coil with vacuum tubes as a switch. The vacuum tube coil uses a very large russian radio transmitter valve in place of the spark gap in the standard coil. After spending many evenings reading about vacuum tube tesla coils and comparing tubes, i chose to build a tesla coil utilizing two 811a transmitter tubes. Antique radio forums view topic 1946 popular science. Because i live in a flat though, there would be no place to accomodate and run monstrous coil designs, not mentioning interference, so that is. Vacuum tube tesla coils vttcs are not very common these days, but are still ranked very high in the overall coolness factor. I ended up killing two very low power tubes as part of. Diy vacuum tube tesla coil with 3x2500f3 full build. Warning working with electricity is dangerous, all information found on my site is for educational purpose and i accept no responsibility for others actions using the information found on this site. It took me a couple of days to get the whole thing finished and running. With the advent of vacuum tube technology, it became evident that high power.
Colpitts oscillator tesla coil antique radio forums. I would like to introduce my tube tesla coil on the gu81m lamp. Solid state tesla coil richies tesla coil web page. Over the years, many, many vacuum tube tesla coil projects have been described and we have listed several in the references. This vacuum tube is used in our vactesla10 tesla coil, and it is listed here if a. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Diagram of circuit parts list circuit explanation photos helpful links. However, before we take a look at the tesla secret scam, a popular online guide that teaches you how to make your own tesla coil, we need to observe whether its really possible. Hi everyone, i hope that this 1932 vacuum tube rendition of a tesla coil is a possible build you may want to make, remember this is not a vttc designed in the 1950s but the only known device that was invented one year after a reported 1931 peirce arrow was made to run on vacuum tubes by nikola tesla. Aug 01, 2014 some of them are ok, but i would not choose them over more wellknown experts.
These specialized capacitors are made for tesla coil applications where high. Flyback tesla coil using vacuum tubes post by eftb. Our stock includes materials for all size coils, wound and sealed secondary coils, conventional spark gap coils, vacuum tube and solidstate coils with music options and many other features and special effects. To go along with flyback drivers, xrays and other high voltage stuff, i have decided to build myself a tesla coil. Apr 20, 2018 16 thoughts on tesla coil uses vacuum tube. People are worried about getting caught up in the tesla generator scam, and i bet you are too.
Vacuum tube tesla coils vttc learn, build and help. There are lots of websites boasting that they can hand over the blueprints to an invention that was suppressed for decades. This vacuum tube is used in our vactesla10 tesla coil, and it is listed here if a replacement is needed, or if you are making your. The source of high voltage are two mots microwave oven transformers connected in parallel and with the secondary connected. But since tube ratings are more like guidelines, i thought this could be extrapolated to perhaps 5kv at 50% duty cycle exactly what i need for a half bridge. I built a hartley oscillator type coil a few years ago and it is really trouble free and seemed to yield better output than armstrong setups.
A small vacuum tube tesla coil vttc marshall 6100lm tube amp bias repair. Jul 10, 2014 an outside source hooked up to a transformer powers the whole system. Exploiting radiant energy with tesla coil cold electricity. My first vttc and my first video editing experience. Also addressed, within the framework of traveling wave engineering, is the open helical resonator as developed by nikola tesla in the 1890s. Because i live in a flat though, there would be no place to accomodate and run monstrous coil designs, not mentioning interference, so that is the reason why ive opted for small and sweet portable setups like this one is. I have such power supplies of 60, 30, 20, and 10 kilovolt output. The source of high voltage are two mots microwave oven transformers connected in parallel and with the secondary connected to the top of primary it increases the voltage. Yes, if you put it close enough to the glass it will create an electric arc. You can generally get much bigger streamers from a spark gap or solid state tesla coil, but vacuum tube coils are generally better at lighting up gas tubes like neon tubes and also you can put your hand in the streamers without being shocked unlike other coil types. I built a vacuum tube coil in the late 80s around a 4cx250 tube and produced heavy arcs out to inches or so with 1250vdc input. It was once common for high voltage power supplies to be based upon vacuum tube tesla coils of this kind. Im quite new to the tesla coil stuff and i want to build a vttc form a gu81 tube. This book provides a thorough engineering analysis of the vacuum tube class c continuous wave rf oscillator.
In principle, these coils could be wound rather easily on a small winding machine. Steve ward is a pioneer in the area of solid state tesla coils, and it is his design youre using. A tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor nikola tesla in 1891. The minibrute drsstc tesla coil system, which is featured in the book, drsstc. Tesla coils ionizes the air in the vacuum system alone, not the air under stp or if you wish, under ambient conditions. Miniature vacuum tube tesla coil tesla coil mailing list.
I would really recommend you start with a small spark gap style one, because itll give you a better understanding of how they work. Information is presented in an easy to read format, and in a logical, step by step sequence. Our tesla coils come in all different sizes and power options, our musical tesla coils are grest fun for all the family. Vacuum tube tesla coils vttc archive high voltage forum. Tesla coils vacuum tube design information unlimited. They discovered that operating two, differentfrequency coils placed inside. Yes, it can be but so can using an electric hair drier in a shower. I strongly recommend working using steves designs whenever possible. Pl509pl519 half bridge base driven coil markos science site. This is my first working vacuum tube tesla coil vttc. More sophisticated designs use transistor or thyristor switches or vacuum tube electronic oscillators to drive the resonant. Vacuum tube tesla coils vttc vacuum tubes, radio valves, thermionic valves.
The transistorized coils can be modulated to sounds, music, etc. However, when it reaches the hole itself, it penetrates through and ionizes the gas inside as well. See more ideas about tesla coil, vacuum tube and vacuums. Vacuum tube, tesla coil, circuit diagram for vacuum tube tesla coil. The 833c carbon vacuum tubes can withstand higher operating temperatures than the standard metalbased 833a vacuum tubes. Corum, rf coils, helical resonators and voltage magnification by coherent spatial.
Vacuum tube tesla coil plans eastern voltage research. Here is a link to john freaus web page which contains some information about vacuum tube tesla coils. Acquired a bunch of vacuum tubes in a tv repair mans box from my grandpa who recently died. Essentially, the tesla coil is two open electric circuits connected to a spark gap. Jun 21, 2010 flyback tesla coil using vacuum tubes post by eftb mon jun 21, 2010 12. I edited this video on the plane to mit at 30000 feet on 0 hours of sleep. Brand new and unused power triode vacuum tubes for our vactesla10 vacuum tube tesla coil. The circuit amounts to a vacuum valve tube type tesla coil. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming.
Modern transistor or vacuum tube tesla coils do not use a primary spark gap. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Want to build your first tesla coil without facing the complexities of going solid state. After this, industrial use of the tesla coil was mainly limited to a few specialized applications which were suited to its unique characteristics, such as high voltage insulation testing. This is a newly finished vttc, using a vacuum tube that jake a sent me.
Plus i just think they are a neat type of technology from times passed. Como hacer una bobina tesla how to make a tesla coil by kevin aznar. Also be sure to check out the dedicated section of sstc related links on my main links page. High power vacuum tube tesla coil information unlimited. Anything involving high voltage at high currents can without a doubt make you dead. A tesla coil is a radio frequency oscillator that drives an aircore doubletuned resonant transformer to produce high voltages at low currents. I used selfoscillating circuit with two russian soviet tubes gu81m connected in parallel. The triode vacuum tube was a much better radio frequency current generator than the noisy, hot, ozoneproducing spark, and could produce continuous waves. Many people request the schematic and details about my vacuum tube tesla coil.
I dont want to make anything i dont understand and although i understand basic tesla coil working principles there are some questions left unanswered. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. This tesla coil is all tube and even the power supply is tube based and provides 320vdc. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. A vttc is a vacuum tube tesla coil and it uses vacuum tubes valves for the oscillator that is self biasing from a grid leak circuit.
The tesla coil hobbyist community believes they know what constitutes a magnifying transmitter. Vacuum tube tesla coils vttc normal topic hot topic more than 15 replies very hot topic more than 50. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Discussion in general electronics discussion started by jmoschetti45, oct 2, 2011. Vacuum tube tesla coil vttc schematic interpretation. The material within may not be complete or correct at the moment. Flyback tesla coil using vacuum tubes the radioboard forums.
This is the schematic of my current 833a tesla coil. Building the modern day tesla coil minibrute reference design, is a small two foot high solid state tesla coil which produces output arc of 36 inches in length and. Receiving help from him and the others at 4hv would be very beneficial. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. A variant of this approach seems to have been of great interest in early. Higher power table top tesla coil vacuum tubes for our vactesla10 vacuum tube tesla coil. These tubes have been used by others with great success, they are fairly cheap and have a moderate output power for a tabletop size tesla coil. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried using a colpitts oscillator to drive a vacuum tube tesla coil. This will be my second coil, when i finish building it. Tvs diode selection for 400v transistor electronic circuits t3sl4co1l april 11, 2020, 10. We can think of a vacuum tube valve, vt as an electrical valve in which current flows in one direction only.
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