Building Spark Gap Tesla Coil pt. 5 - Spark Gap

[@kapegede]

DGW: "Does it look dodgy enough?" Yes! And I love it!

[@Jeff44]

The dedication you have to make that big coil using bits and pieces of old transformer windings is truly incredible Daniel. I'm really looking forward to the completion of it.

[@glmnet]

After watching several of his videos, I don't believe his concept of nice would be the expected one Nice normal people: tidy stuff, clean, matching colors etc Nice DDW: Big sparks, flamy conductors, underwater electricity arcs, room vibrating, etc.

[@Ironarcer]

Don't forget the salt

[@Miata822]

That nice capacitor and nice secondary deserve a good looking primary, don't you think? Remote control spark gap is a good idea.

[@deltab9768]

Remote control gap would be okay, but I wouldn't want it to be controlled with boards. It just makes me nervous after seeing how powerful his transformer bank is...

[@johnconrad5487]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I always enjoy your videos.

[@algator55]

Dogs Gone Wild, I watch every major show on KZbin you're one of the funniest and one of the most specific dudes I watch love you man keep it up☺😁

[@davidpelayo]

nice can't wait to see it running

[@dieseltinus6680]

Wow! From nails to screws. there is certainly progress.

[@Ham3rek]

7:20 DodgyGoneWild

[@circuitemakes]

Awesome video! I subbed! People like yourself are inspiring people every day. People like you inspired me to start electronics and I eventually made this channel to showcase them. Keep doing what you are doing! You will inspire many:)

[@omarek555]

So i put nitroceluose lacquer on my secondary. And lets say that it lit up very nicely after plugging it in.

[@1pcfred]

I'm really going to miss this guy when he's gone.

[@teresashinkansen9402]

What do you mean? he seems much younger than you so Im confused, is he sick or something?

[@Glu-R]

😭😭😭

[@electronic7979]

Excellent video. I liked it

[@keithking1985]

im really excited to see it finished : )

[@fungusenthusiast8249]

Can't wait to see the final result...

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Coming soon :).

[@blockcamp]

@@DiodeGoneWild good luck!

[@timtim8468]

On my bucket list, to make such a thing.

[@yomboprime]

Please take care!

[@ElectricM4n]

Could you please also build a DRSSTC? Something like Steve Wards Universal Driver 1.3b (its easier to build if you don't want to design a PCB, the newer versions require SMD components). It would be very interesting seeing someone who is tuning up his DRSSTC until its working. You could even use your current secondary coil for it.

[@captain_joni]

Heyho, i'm also a tesla coil builder and want to tell u ,that u have to blow air through the spark gap, due to the ionization of the molecules in the air and if these ionized particles stay betwenn ur spark gap electrodes the spark gap will fire more oftem than u want due to the lower resistenz of the air betwen, and as u shoukd know a spark gap has to be tuned precisly to work probalby. Therefore u also need as u said multiple gaps within the spark gap and not just one, so the fan can push "used" air faster out of it. I would also recommend building a more stable spark gap. It is nice to use scratch but u still can do better i belief.

[@captain_joni]

@Heads Mess what is it u wanna tell me with ur first Paragraph? Though he used a multiple spark gab it is always better to have an activ quenching than hoping the natural quench will be enough

[@mostlymotorcycles.]

Can't wait to see this creation in operation.

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Already editing it :).

[@roentgen226]

It looks great man

[@carmelpule6954]

It is about time that someone explained the exact working detail of this Diode Gone Wild, "High-frequency series LC"circuit shown at 0:11 and the other circuit where the spark gap and the capacitor are exchanged to feed the " HIgh frequency parallel LC circuit " suggested by ElectroBOOM. Taking the circuit shown at 0:11, the high voltage transformer on the left operating, in this case operating at 50/60 Hertz, is a step-up transformer and the fact that it is short circuit protected with air gaps in its magnetic path makes the secondary of the transformer A CURRENT SOURCE with a high output impedance, where when the spark gap breaks down, the duration of the spark is a good duration of the upper part of the 50/60 hertz sine wave, in other words, the spark fed from this current source is long, relatively speaking. It is imperative to consider that the long-duration spark is a SHORT CIRCUIT, fed from a current source of high impedance represented by the 50/60 hertz transformer secondary. When we consider the series LC circuit which is of a much higher frequency than the 50/60 cycles transformer on the left which creates the spark, then THE HIGH-FREQUENCY LC SERIES CIRCUIT SHOWN AT 0.11 MUST BE DRIVEN/MATCHED WITH A VOLTAGE SOURCE OF LOW IMPEDANCE TO MATCH THE RESONANT IMPEDANCE OF THE HF SERIES CIRCUIT. In fact, the HF series LC circuit is not driven but the capacitor C is first charged, and then while the spark forms a long duration short circuit, the LC series circuit RINGS repetitively a number of times through the long-short circuit created by the spark gap. * In this function /operation, the most important issue to consider is that the long duration spark at 50/60 hertz provides the long-short circuit to match the resonant impedance of the HF series LC circuit where a large number of ringing decaying ripples occur during the presence of the long duration spark. In the case of the circuit provided by ElectroBoom, which exchanges the spark gap with the capacitor, hence a parallel LC tuned circuit is to be resonated, then this needs to be fed from a high impedance current source to match the high resonant impedance of the LC parallel circuit. In this case, the high impedance of the 50/60 hertz transformer provides the high output impedance while the long duration spark provides the short circuit to connect the LC in a parallel high impedance mode which would ring through the spark long extended duration, for a number of ripples. As far as voltage levels seen by the secondary of the high voltage 50/60 Hertz transformer, the ElectroBoom parallel LC circuit would reach a far higher voltage at the parallel LC circuit than the circuit suggested by DiodeGoneWild with a series LC circuit. . The manner in which the impedance matching is done in the high-frequency LC series circuit provided by DiodeGoesWild and the parallel LC circuit provided by ElecrtoBOOM is a beauty of majestic level of electronic engineering which all students at Universities and technical colleges need to understand. see kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ-ufJ1ol9Shd6s

[@darekmario446]

Primitive Technologies Channel approves

[@glmnet]

Nice video, why did you put wire inside the tubes at 5:22?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

The wires are to be able to connect lower number of gaps, and also to prevent the pipes from rattling :). They were a bit loose on the nails.

[@EnergySeeker]

what is the main reason to have a spark gap ??

[@nortenhardenberg1598]

Thank You so so much for Your crazy video's! Really good! I'd like to ask You about a component: RS 431

[@frankiebroadsight6468]

Great Videos. So I have a theory with the Fan on the Spark Gap. The air movement changes the spark gap frequency. If the spark is small enough because of the ionization the Air acts similar to as it does with fire. However instead add fuel, it changes the intensity which thus changes the Frequency of the spark. if you add a High Power Sever Fan to the Spark Gap and variate you can see some interesting effects as you will change the Resonance of the Coil. Try it out.

[@Glu-R]

eager to see the next episod..😁👍

[@hullinstruments]

If the spark gap does get really hot that fan will definitely help the would catch fire quicker.

[@CraftAero]

1:25 FrankenTesla

[@solarsynapse]

I see some people have the spark gap in parallel with the power source and some have it in series. How does that affect the function?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

The spark gap should always be in parallel with the high voltage source. This prevents the high frequency voltage from backfeeding and damaging it. Or at least, it shorts the differential mode high frequency voltage. There's still the common mode high frequency voltage that can damage it, but this risk is sometimes mitigated using a second, protective spark gap, with a wider gap and a third, grounded electrode in the middle. But in every case, the version with the capacitor parallel to the high voltage source is wrong. Honestly, a high voltage source of a SGTC can always fail, but with the wrong version, it's more likely.

[@AbhijeetRoushan]

very sweet accent! Subscribed and liked Would you like to post your Introductory Video? 1. About Yourself 2. Background 3. Work and interests: I can see in your videos but want to hear from You. Thank you for plenty of useful videos.

[@rahulkushwaha1984]

Why not connect spark gap like we connect the work coil in induction heaters, input and output on diagonally opposite terminals.

[@oniruddhoalam2039]

DGW, can car spark plugs be used as a spark gap for a Tesla coil?

[@blaharadek666]

Maybe in smaller one, but i think your own would work nicely

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Maybe for a tiny SGTC. Otherwise it would melt.

[@MuhammadDaudkhanTV100]

Perfect

[@andymouse]

Cool !

[@FixDaily]

Does teslacoil generates ozone?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

The sparks from the secondary do generate ozone and the spark gap generates nitrogen oxides.

[@Xeno_Bardock]

Can you make video on Colorado Springs model of Tesla Coil that Nikola Tesla patented? Patent 1119732. It has three coils: primary, secondary and extra coil. Colorado Springs model of Tesla Coil is called Magnifying Transmitter. Information on how to properly operate it should be in this, google "Nikola Tesla Colorado Springs Notes pdf" and "Condensed intro to Tesla Transformers Eric Dollard pdf". Also check "kdkinen" youtube channel on Tesla Magnifying Transmitter.

[@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259]

I love the accent! ;)

[@wenty4025]

od kaď máš ty kondenzatory

[@blaharadek666]

na aukru se dají sehnat

[@akoscsolti92]

Nice

[@Sweeper0123]

Myslel som si ze za tie roky si sa niekam posunul s vyhotovenim svojich vyrobkov, ale vidim ze vyhotovenie je stale "dodgy" a za 10 rokov si sa v nicom nezlepsil. Skoda.

[@frogz]

.....did anyone else see the spark gap flexing and think it was an artifact of his camera or video encoding? squares in nature dont contort to not square!!!

[@slerk9]

He’s like Electroboom , but now I REALLY can’t understand the speech

[@creblabo]

Nice video please a video about some dodgy from China again

[@schmutztimo8952]

ääää using a sandpapeeeeeeeerrr so now its cut of coursssseeeeeeeee

[@salermo42]

SJupewrrr dodgyyy :)

[@incrediblemichael]

oh my can you use normal spoken english its audible that you make that intentionally

[@tetraederzufrequenztesla2342]

I would like to see the connections step by step, about transistors and the others component of the circuit. In easy way, to make my own tesla coil Мой дорогой друг.

[@szymongrzelak1658]

I don't understand economy of this channel.

[@johncoops6897]

We don't understand language of your comment.

[@ajitbhadwaj]

Nice