Building Spark Gap Tesla Coil pt. 6 - First test

[@jellyfishjelly1941]

6:00 One of the transformers is burning ...let's wait half a minute

[@danernorbi]

Yes to burn it total.😂😂

[@EgonSorensen]

- and see what else burns/breaks (washer, towel heater, etc) 😜

[@nityodaytekchandani701]

It has to be the best thing ever about Diode Gone Wild 🤣 I love to see destruction

[@laharl2k]

You cant be sure its burnt unless it catches on fire!

[@wdujsub7902]

Nobody likes their transformer undercooked....it has to be at least medium rare :D

[@forthelulz9165]

So try let's make a very dodgy first test of my spark gap tesla cooooiiil in the bathroooom... This man becomes a legend.

[@martintatak8851]

Between czech electronic community, this man is legend already :)

[@ondrejbrandejsky5592]

@@martintatak8851 and hes been for quite a few years

[@akkudakkupl]

Its danyk.cz right? I learned how switch mode power supplies work thanks to his site 😁

[@mendebil]

It's not the bathroom but a room with low ceiling to direct the lightning safely

[@Hertzstation]

XDDDD lol!!!

[@rpbajb]

The only thing missing is Frankenstein's Monster in the tub. "It's ALIVE!"

[@huseyindinc1931]

Bloody Hell!

[@TaRg3t222]

"It's AAAALIIIIIIIVEEE!"

[@Time-cc2qb]

@@TaRg3t222 😂😂😂

[@lakiza55]

Lol just imagine sitting on the toilet, minding your buisness, and your neighbor decides to test a god damn tesla coil and pops the breaker. Hearing those nasty sparks and then having a blackout would indeed be terrifiying

[@moclan582]

Dude you made me laugh so hard

[@TobStonk]

Lol

[@j.m.5942]

Imagine seeing this through his big window

[@peraperic5270]

There is an serbian colloquial expression: "Lud k'o struja!" (hard to translate, litteral "Crazy as current!" doesn't catch all subtlieties of the original) which, i 'm sure, comes to mind to every serbian watching this video.

[@Jeremy_Moro]

I once had a situation when I was having a shower and light in the bathroom blinked. I've never taken bath so fast.

[@Erebus-PCFX]

DiodeGoneWild: "Is it a good idea to plug it in?" Also DiodeGoneWild: "No, so let's plug it in."

[@nityodaytekchandani701]

It's so funny you're telling "something went wrong" in a completely dark room XD

[@Blacklab99]

I don’t know what to say apart from, what an amazing amount of knowledge and confidence you have in this subject. Thanks for showing us these amazing experiments. I won’t be attempting to replicate.

[@FatalBombCRV]

2:17 "And of course now the question is: is it a good idea to plug this in? Of course it's not a good idea, but let's plug it in!" - DiodeGoneWild, April 2020 By the way: the transformer that failed at 6:00 already started burning at 5:05, the cracking noise can be heard for a brief moment.

[@ianfisher6561]

Probably one of the best step by step series of instructional videos on building a Tesla Coil!

[@geoffreykeane4072]

This is so cool.... best series ever.

[@AnandKumar-ym9yw]

06:00 one of the transformer is cooking lets wait for the dinner to be ready.

[@Gersberms]

Yeah he left it burning for a good long while, that got me too. Brilliant guy.

[@Bodragon]

*_WOW !_* *_JUST WOW !_* *_MAN ! THAT'S INSANE !_* *_WORDS, WORDS..._* *_I NEED WORDS !_* *_SERIOUSLY THOUGH, THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN ON KZbin._* *_EVER !_* *_I AM SERIOUS GUYS !_* *_And I've been a KZbin subscriber now for over fifteen years_* *_I AM TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY !_* All the work. All the prep. All the pre-prep All the calculations. I'm guessing there are not many people out there that fully appreciate the magnitude of what you have done here. What you have actually achieved here is quite frankly *_INCREDIBLE. FANTASTIC_* *_I really do need more words..._* But I am one of those who do. I mean, I am one of those few who does, *_fully appreciate_* what you have achieved here. I am a patron of just one other KZbinr. You may have heard of him. *_"Mr Carlson's Lab"_* I have patronised him for just over a year now. (That sounded weird, didn't it ?) Anyway, I now have another KZbinr to add to that. *_WAY TO GO, DiodeGoneWild_* *_WAY TO GO DUDE !_* >

[@delta-KaeBee]

Just as many others have, I've seen, read and tinkered with all manners and ideas of different types of Tesla coils, Oudin, Lahkovsky, D'Arsonval, etc.... & I must say, your 6-pack Spark-Gap TC info/build vids pack the PERFECT balance of theory, math & calculation, common sense, simple building, and safety pointers (especially for those just getting into building and theory of operation, and don't just want to see a SINGLE specific build, but trying to understand the adjustable and affecting variables within the many differences of the 'basic' Tesla coil circuit). Very nicely done my friend!! And you cat seems awesome!!! I'm sure you keep her/him nicely paid as your Quality Inspector (in treats and toys & random boxes of course 😉)😸👍

[@josbouten]

The long awaited video is finally there and it did not disappoint. Sparks, sparks, beautiful sparks!

[@sedlja4605]

This is how I imagine Tesla would be doing his experiments, had he have remained in Serbia

[@zentrans]

He wasn't in Serbia in the first place, so that's an impossibility. Though, he did influence events near to his birthplace wiki/Jaruga_Hydroelectric_Power_Plant

[@HazeAnderson]

Cat on vacation -- fishing.

[@dopedeala666]

make a grounded circle a bit above primary, it will catch unwanted sparks and keep your capacitors and mots safe

[@PArezina]

That was just amazing man, I would like to see this thing operate in larger space! I was exited so much that i kept saying "bloody hell" the whole time :)

[@FlorinBalanescu]

Absolutely frightening! Excellent series!

[@juntendo6104]

Next series: Vacuum tube tesla coil would be nice to see

[@flos251]

6:02 Something is burning 🔥 30 seconds later : So let's turn it off 😂

[@Miata822]

That's a wonderful result. Given a little tuning and a bigger space and you will be on the weather report! Good project. Thank you for sharing the design thought process.

[@Fabio-ch5jm]

4:44 He touch a bank of high voltage capacitors, " I hope that the discharging resistors are doing their job"

[@Conservator.]

Was the air full of Ozon gas after your experiments? That will have sanitised your bathroom properly 🤣

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Yes, ozone and some nitrogen oxides. The bathroom has never been cleaner :).

[@Conservator.]

DiodeGoneWild 😂

[@mihau_pe]

@@DiodeGoneWild I've read: "The bathroom has never been cleaned."... xD

[@keithking1985]

i was wondering about that!! so ozone will kill germs??

[@somanyfnbananas2774]

@@keithking1985 And you, so don't do this indoors but if you do you should open your windows (if your neighbors won't call the police/fire department)

[@rostislavhruska8601]

Masakr. Nejlepsi prizvuk. Boze dej dalsi dil. Diky chlape!

[@sklepa]

So satifsying after all this work. It looks great Dan!

[@alichank]

His neighbor wondering why they see lighting strikes from his window...

[@XarkoCZ]

Gotta be used to it by now.

[@PrajjalakChattopadhyay]

Replace the 4th transformer. 8kV is love.

[@rtyzxc]

Yeah it looked better before one of them broke. Need to find new compatible transformer.

[@kemalkurt5257]

This series is the best of this channel (and switching supply series of course)

[@kemalkurt5257]

That's also true

[@prathikprashanth2932]

you have balls, sir!

[@rnbv3418]

Bloody hell that was AWESOME!

[@aminebelgacem7836]

You have huge confidence, bravo

[@cicindelapragensis]

I've got the impression Diode can be confined for an eternity and yet never get bored ^^

[@Hertzstation]

I really like the way you explaining brother 😂 you're made my day and this project was so interesting and deadly , awesome brother please keep it up with much love and respect from india 😊

[@johnruscigno5738]

You had the best tune at 4:10 for sure. Good job that was awesome. Subbed.

[@pranavramesh4888]

And the improvements never came of courrrse

[@susceptibility_]

Why do I love this channel: 3:45 Summoning the darkest devil Lucifer from the hell 3:53 "That's better" Actually, if you have neighbors, what do they think about you? :D 6:05 Starting to burn the transformer 6:24 "Let's turn it off"

[@zman4150]

Please give us a "MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!" Laugh when this mad scientist experiment is running next time. Just once. I wonder if anyone saw the light coming from your bathroom window & thought someone dropped a toaster in the tub. Were you nervous plugging this in for the first time?

[@nityodaytekchandani701]

6:57 what are those legs on the floor ? Also, is that washing machine working?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Just some decorative tiles. It seems to be working. I briefly turned it on, and the display with the menu came on normally.

[@glmnet]

The washing machine turned on and the display reads: “Are you kidding me??? I’d like to go wherever the cat is”

[@erikziak1249]

Plot twist: The cat was hidden inside the washing machine.

[@vancemacd6315]

That is freeking awesome my good sir. Thanks for sharing.

[@conkerconk3]

btw, how could the tesla coil destroy electronics when plugged in to the socket ground? does it somehow induce a very high voltage and frequency current into the ground cable that travels around to all the electronics' ground, just blasting them with a high voltage pulse? if so, how come it doesn't just return to actual ground?

[@oniruddhoalam2039]

The electromagnetic fields of the Tesla coil can induce voltages into the circuits through electrostatic and electromagnetic induction. Also the sparks are kind of unpredictable. The direction where the sparks would go depends on air ionization, air temperature, etc. So if there are electronics in the room, voltages can appear in the circuit through electrostatic and electromagnetic induction and also the sparks might touch the inner parts of the electronics and burn them or the voltage can travel from the electronics to ground. You may say that electricity takes the path of least resistance and should go directly to ground. But at such high voltages, the resistance of the circuits of the electronics is not so important and the state of the air, such as its temperature, amount of charged particles and the distance from something grounded matters more.

[@Conservator.]

ThatThingCalledTheGalaxy Especially when the electronics are grounded the sparks will like to discharge via the electronics to ground. Since not every component is grounded a spark could go via one or more components to ground and destroying them while doing so. The grounded metal outside of the washing machine should however protect the electronics inside. (forming a Faraday cage)

[@Broken_Yugo]

I'd guess that's the concern, high frequency power does funny things and the water ground likely isn't connected to anything valuable before it hits dirt.

[@nityodaytekchandani701]

6:23 obviously, I would have had done that ages ago 😆

[@electronic7979]

Excellent

[@AliensInc.]

This is the best home made Tesla coil in this size that I've seen. Seen lots of others and their sparks are some centimeters or such but this... daaang. So wanna create one that's 3 times this size

[@klausziegler60]

I really love his videos. Are very informative and useful.

[@pirelli77]

wow 😮 very interesting topic and beautiful to watch. 😊

[@barjan82]

Worth trying: start a regular washing program on your washing machine and run the coil same time :D

[@keithking1985]

see that kick into life was special.. fair play to man that class really class..

[@Gameplayer55055]

Even more salt?

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Gameplayer 55055 _THE WHOLE ROOM IS VIBRATING_

[@Gameplayer55055]

Even more sparks!

[@ЁбрагимИпатенкоибнАдхарма]

One of transformers is burning! EVEN MOAR turns!! I can smell burnt spark gap!!!

[@FaysalKhalashi]

Just love this ❤️

[@noakeswalker]

You know you have a good Tesla coil when you need a bigger room to run it in :o)

[@olicek951]

i just love how this guy speaks xd

[@barjan82]

Your neighbours definetly love you :D

[@-Crash-Nebula--]

it's nice to see the arrows that look for the metal behind the plasterboard

[@deltab9768]

5kVA Tesla coil in a small bathroom:"Of course it's not a good idea, but let's plug it in!"THIS is why we watch Diodegonewild 🤣

[@XarkoCZ]

His connection to the Force is growing stronger.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Have you thought about water cooling the spark gap assembly?

[@scratchdog2216]

1:05 Litz wire, as such. Whole thing seems to work. Look forward to some experiments. Thanx.

[@TechTed1]

8:10 in place of spark gap use a jacob lader in parallel with transformer

[@sand2698]

Hi sir, what is the purpose of putting a ground in the secondary of the transformer?

[@Headbutter-Lettuce90]

The purpose is that the negative potential dissipates through ground

[@danernorbi]

BLODY HEEEL!!😂😂

[@obsidiandestroyer7015]

that's niiiiiiiiiiiiccccccceeeeee :D

[@uK8cvPAq]

When those arcs go into the wall, what path is the current taking? Could it set fire to the fabric of the building?

[@picanazo420]

It's a very little time of high current so its imposibble to put in fire the house

[@Bodragon]

(2:17) - "And of course now the question is..." "...is it a good idea to plug this in ?" *_"Of course, it's NOT a good idea but..."_* *_"LET'S PLUG IT IN !"_* Oh my days ! That just killed me ! >

[@joinedupjon]

Would a flat ring of acrylic sitting on top of the primary help prevent sparks from the secondary... or even something shaped like an upside down top hat with a wide rim?

[@ayyadew]

Bloody he'll this is amazing

[@fungusenthusiast8249]

I also had a problem with arcing between the primary and secondary. I basically put a whole roll of electric tape between them.

[@melplishka5978]

Nicely tuned.

[@bmxtwins5685]

wow, ust wow !!!!!!!!!!! great work of art

[@RODALCO2007]

Great Tesla coil, it worked well. Always some R&D is needed during testing and sometimes equipment fails. I think The HV winding has shorted to the core. 8.8 kV, insulation break down.

[@kedarprabhudessai]

Hey great work 👍🏾 liked those continues sparks.... I think you can try something different for spark gap.. because if it is heating so badly means it is waisting lot of power , if u use fan it will just dissipate heat but might now help with sparking.. or improve efficiency

[@kolinevans9127]

Having had unwound too many microwave oven transformers I can say the secondary enamel is almost always degraded. The primary enamel usually survives, but the much thinner wire probably effects the enamel adherents perhaps? The primary is almost always an alloy type wire which seems much lighter than copper. Actually I just weighed one and it’s {looks at note } 192 gm I cut the cross sectional area to weigh it roughly, and it is about 950gm If we assumed a perfect half between secondary and primary {it’s not} then even if the area the primary was wound was 450gm That seems like a very light primary.

[@chbonnici]

Good videos thank you. Is it possible to make a video building a Tesla coil using a Car ignition coil as driver.

[@srajangupta7801]

Hello, diodeGoneWild I want to design a 5v 60amp power supply for LED panel. I am unable to figure out where to study and how to start. I would appreciate if you could help thank you

[@melplishka5978]

I can’t believe your phone survived the emp pulses from it lol. That was insane lol. Was their marks on the wall from the plasma arcs lol.

[@mysock351C]

6:12 of course its _always_ the nicest part that burns out. Have that same issue myself.

[@uiopuiop3472]

Imagine being in a hotel, having to go to the bathroom, and when you open the door you see this inside.

[@jjhack3r]

Impressive results

[@mfbfreak]

When the spark gap is too hot, the sparks will slowly turn into arcs and short out the high frequency energy that you wanna dump into the coils. It doesn't quench properly anymore.

[@MixedGears]

You are ready for the Terminator effect team. Hyoo you are really crazy (this is a compliment :)

[@riloariichoariicho884]

Woaw!!! horribly terribly interestingly watching from India

[@billywhizzy]

Naughty naughty!! Now open up to allow Ozone to escape!!

[@ridefast0]

That's great performance but why didn't you use your tuner? You can measure the secondary (remote from the primary) the way you showed before, and you can measure the primary (remote from the secondary) by shorting at the spark gap and connecting your tuner across the primary coil. For the primary test, the LEDs are bright EXCEPT at resonance. Looking forward to seeing your next video when the system is properly (safely) built and tuned, and giving its best show.

[@ruayfe7342]

Why did the transformer burn?

[@adrian_sp6def]

Hi, really nice series! 4 MOT works nice. But I have question, and seems that You have enough knowledge to anwser. As far as I know high voltage is build across secondary. Why sparks shuts around and not try to short secondary which seems to be the shortest path.

[@joshuaminnies1388]

Nice long sparks! Is the noise coming from top load or spark gap? Looks like spark gap to me.

[@DiodeGoneWild]

The spark gap is of course much louder.

[@loraineprinsloo341]

Why wouldn't you use microwave capacitors?

[@EastCoastScott]

I wonder how many amps this was drawing??

[@DavidMG99]

Good job!

[@anthonyvolkman2338]

Very well done sir!

[@bzdety3000]

absolutely crazy

[@-Crash-Nebula--]

the current limiter, is it your spot welder you used to fix the ladle?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Windings from a similar street light ballast ;)

[@LutzSchafer]

Wow I'm impressed thanks for the show. Perhaps you could tune both primary and secondary with a sine wave generator under low voltage?

[@contemporiser]

You could try to use heat in spark gap to your advantage and add some expanding in heat piece that would increase distance between pipes

[@Basement-Science]

Some Bimetal pieces to push it apart maybe? That would be pretty interesting! A fan will also increase the striking voltage quite a lot. I once used a compressor's blowgun to distort an arc quite a lot. It was like a flame.

[@omsingharjit]

Why that tf blown

[@dominikworkshop6007]

Wow, this TC is sick!

[@simontay4851]

0:26 i love the way he says: just this crappy washinga machiiiiiiinne-a.

[@MichaelVx]

that is way crazy stuff im more scared now of even thinking about it

[@coltx64]

impressive actually and dangerous thanks :D

[@savneetsinghrairai6823]

Instead this man should be nursery rhyme singer .... this is diode gone wild he's an electrician now...😂🤣🤣