How Not To Make A Tesla Coil That Works

This video illustrates how easy it is to make a Tesla style coil experiment and get results. In the video and following vids I'll show some interesting observations as it pertains to wireless transmission of energy using Tesla technology. These experiments will be conducted with circuits and coils easily accessible to hobbyists. The primary circuit used has been presented foremost by slayer on his KZbin channel. Below is a link to his channel as well as a link to sales of kits.
Keep in mind this is not the same as the large Tesla coils using high voltage transformers and spark gaps. This is an opportunity to have some real hobby fun that can be affordable for most everyone.
Slayer Channel
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Slayer order page for kits
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Slayer E-ba7 link for kits
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There are a few other links that I thought to be interesting and here they are:
Slayer Circuits
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Slayer Exciter Developers Kit 2 Tesla Coil (GBluer)
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Ford Model T "Buzz Coil" Tesla Coil
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TKLabs Replication: The "teslatronix" SSTC aka Slayer Exciter
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Bedini SSG running my Tesla Slayer Exciter Coil
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[@foamaxmore]

Nice setup Dadhav. I believe your second tesla coil is resonant with your 1st tesla at the same power. Don smith has a similar setup with 4 coils surrounding the middle tesla with all 4 emanating the same power so its.... one transmitter with multiple receivers... like am fm radio.!!! all tunable of course...

[@nutsinstuffprod]

So glad to see your back! Really missed your channel! Enjoyed the Tesla coil. Looking forward to more!

[@GBluer]

Very nice video, it looks like your getting great results with your setup.

[@DadHav]

GBluer Thanks G, I'm happy to see you here, I hope you don't mind me illustrating your circuits here and or information that I think will help others. I'll always do my best to make people aware of you channel and kits in return. You're doing a great favor for the hobbyist who wants a turn key kit. My thanks to you.John

[@GBluer]

***** No I don't mind at all John, thank you for showing your results, and helping others.

[@consciousenergies]

Good to see you still tick'n. I too have a slayer running off an alum battery. Fun learning experiences we can all share together :)

[@DadHav]

Diadon Acs Hello, Diadon, I watched some of your videos and really enjoyed them. You probably noticed the alum battery works good in high impedance circuits. I think you'll like the next video coming up.ThanksJohn

[@DadHav]

***** I couldn't help to notice a few things while watching you're video. Your neon lights on the negative side of the battery? Does that mean you don't ground your circuit? Ha, ha ha, don't you get a lot of those little burnies like I found out about? Another thing: I have an interest in trying a 3 coil magnifier. I noticed you have one in your videos. Do you think it outperforms the 2 coil setups. Nice video and good talking to you.John

[@consciousenergies]

You do get a lot of RF burns most defiantly. There are all kinds of configurations one can experiment with. I gave grounded the circuit and not grounded it. It is just dependent on what effect you are trying to achieve? Wireless power distance, plasma output, near field power intensity? If you haven't already, there is a great group of people who are experimenting. The extra coil is another tuning point from my own experience and some others who have experimented. It seems to effect transmission and power intensity. Here are some fantastic references which you might be aware of. The first few being Gary Bluer, *****, and Dr. Stiffler which are all pretty well known. The others that I have learned a lot about SEC, or Slayer circuits are *****,ABRAMS LaB TESLA ART, Terry Woodroof, and jeremy gwilt, to name a few. I look forward to seeing your next video. Thanks for taking the time John. -Diadon (Die-a-den) I know, its kind of a strange name. ;)

[@diveflyfish]

John, Great to see you again! Fondest wishes to you and yours.

[@DadHav]

diveflyfish Hey, it's good to hear from you. You have some entertaining videos as well. We wish you the very best also.ThanksJohn

[@moonfther]

great work, nice looking set up. Cool to see the "Bedini" style motors running off the tesla receiver in your next video.

[@DadHav]

moonfther Sometimes John Bedini is highly criticized but in my view he has presented a whole new world of hobby experiments and I've had a ball making videos based on information he made available to everyone. Maybe someone will stumble onto something that will change the world someday while they are doing simple experiments.John

[@moonfther]

John has some great ideas to explore.

[@questionurworld8081]

man, this dude Is awesome if only we (America) had 5 million more like him.

[@KingofHearts67]

I've built a spark gap Tesla coil that works pretty well, but I can't for the life of me get one of these slayer exciter circuits to work! I have a secondary that's 2.375 inches in diameter and 11.875 inches in height, so it's 5:1 ratio and it has about 720 turns. For my primary I had 7 turns of 14 gauge insulated stranded wire wrapped directly around my secondary but it could move up and down for adjustment, I've tried sliding it up slowly to see if that would help, but nothing happened. I tried using 22K ohms and 2K ohms for the resistor, and I'm using an PN2222a transistor and a 1N4001 diode, I've checked and quadruple checked my wiring, I've tried wiring it in different configurations, I've tried changing the polarity (but not the direction) of my primary. I've tired using a 9V equivalent battery (several AA's in series) and I've tried a ~20V DC power block, I've tried different diodes and transistors (of the same kind) to make sure that those weren't faulty or something but after all that I can't even get so much as a flicker from one of those tube lights, and it's not even a very big light. I am at a loss. Do I need more primary turns? That's the only thing I can think of, but even if that's the case, I would think that I could get at least SOMETHING out of it, be it less powerful than with the proper number of turns, but no. Based on yours, It doesn't seem that It would take away much from having an oddly proportioned secondary, as you clearly showed, so it stands to reason that I could get at least a dim glow with the improper number of primary turns right? Help!! Is it my transistor? I've seem people make it work with similar ones, but you seem to have a very beefy one. What kind is it? EDIT: Got it working. I was putting too much voltage through the circuit and blowing my transistor without realizing it, then I would try lower voltage with an already blown transistor. How do you get that effect with the incandescent bulb? I've tried all sorts of different shapes and sizes and I can't get anything like that with any of them, all I get is a tiny bit of plasma on the end of the filament.

[@lgkrautk896]

Nice to see. Can't wait to see those motors running!

[@DadHav]

lgkraut k Coming up Les old buddyJ

[@TechnoW1zard]

Very nice video! If you think a cardboard tube is an odd choice for a secondary coil form, how about a glass olive jar? I did that in one of my vids, and as you can see it worked enough to light a small bulb and a florescent tube as well, similar to what you show here in this vid.

[@DadHav]

+TechnoW1zard ........Hello friend. I think the reasoning with the cardboard is that it can take in some moisture and can also get burn spots at times. I would imagine glass would work fine. I found out if you put to much clear coat on the coil it takes forever to dry or cure enough to get fully efficient. You have some nice videos. Congratulations. John

[@RajinderSingh-tn9pu]

I am a beginner in electronics and your videos are the source of inspiration for me.Will you please tell me how can I become an expert in electronics what should I need to do for becoming an expert like you.I will be very helpful if you reply to my comment.

[@DadHav]

Hello friend, There is so much available on the internet that don't even know where to start. I searched for Free Basic Electronics Courses and this is the first thing that I looked at: www.101science.com/basicelectronics.htm Have a look around.

[@Hhydrogen4Power]

Great video, this is another good representation of Tesla Technology

[@vinnystvincent9788]

Hey dad Glad to see that your still at it.

[@DadHav]

Hi Vinny, Slowing way down though.

[@thomaswilliams]

I'm so happy to see you back,like most of KZbin I have missed you're videos

[@DadHav]

Thomas Williams Hello Thomas, sorry to be away so long. At my age I have to take a break once in a while ant try to keep up with other things. I missed being around my friends all the while. ThanksJohn

[@Slider2732]

A very enjoyable walkthrough, with all the good stuff shown nicely indeed. Your Edison type bulb glow was probably the best i've seen, for the glowing fog effect..and from a 'wrong' tower ! I wonder, did you shellac or otherwise coat the windings on the tower, to limit wire stretch over time ?

[@DadHav]

slider2732 Hi Slider, It was so long ago that I can't remember what was on it. My guess would be there was some urethane on it but nothing inside the tube. Before using the coil I sprayed plastic coating inside until it wouldn't hold any more in the cardboard. I have a feeling since the primary coil is about 5 inches up the HV coil that the bottom 5 inches might be redundant.John

[@richardbatts8390]

It's good to see a Jedi master back in action

[@DadHav]

Richard Batts Ha, Richie, I thought you might be around. Despite all I still wish you good luck.John

[@crimechris]

very nice i think that light bulb looks like the ( nordlichter POLARLIGHTS ) even this we had more free energy than enough .. but how to collect that mass off litlle current :D

[@DadHav]

+Christian Meyer Someday, someone will stumble onto something that has been right in front of us for a long time. Thanks.

[@039dalekmoore2007]

Great demonstration very interesting !

[@JoshJamesification]

Finally! I always end up building Tesla coils when I'm trying not to. Thanks

[@nikhilmehta8280]

sir can u tell me how to make a simple 9 volt tesla coil slayer exiter. with ckt and calculation.

[@DadHav]

Nikhil, I've never made one that might be considered a mini. There are so many who have and posted instructions that I suggest you just type 9V Tesla Coil in the KZbin search and you'll find what you need. Learn from other peoples experiences.

[@Terrywoodrat]

I enjoyed your video sir.

[@WildfoxFabrication]

what gauge wire would you recommend for a coil 10'' tall and 2'' wide?

[@DadHav]

Hello, Nice job on your little resonator. In this video I used #30 wire on an 11" secondary coil. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jovIp4uqbs1_h7c Managing to get about 1000 turns seemed to work out well for me. There are some formulas for this but I think they pertain to spark gap coils. Good luck and let me know how you make out.

[@WildfoxFabrication]

sweet. thanks.

[@WildfoxFabrication]

I think I'm going to buy a pre-wound secondary from eBay that has 1086 turns on it. with that, what would probably be the best number of turns for the primary?

[@nikhilmehta8280]

sir ,how did my make the motor with withs reciever can u give a brief expantaion or ckt or pdf about turns of motor winding and turns of tesla coil. bith transmitter and reciever

[@DadHav]

Hello Nikhil, If you go through the video slowly you will find information on the windings of the resonator coils. As I said this is not an ideal resonator and I have a different one in the second video. Have a look at this video to see the circuit and the motor running: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5zTh3-kosmlaM0 There is also a download link for the diagram of this operation: drive.google.com/open?id=0BwK5yJUfMl9GU1ZvY2VRbXZHSXc If you look at this video you can see how I made the window motor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKiceWimabKWkKM I am currently working on a video showing my latest coils and wireless experiments. Keep in mind the height of your resonator coil should be 3 to 5 times higher than the diameter. 800 to 1200 turns of wire is a good amount to try.

[@min2oly]

Wouldn't that be something if you could fly one of your planes with that tower :-)

[@DadHav]

Cool Joule Oh, a better thought might be to take the LT-1 out of my old Corvette and replace it with a V-8 Tesla coil. I guess that might wave to wait until there's transmitter towers across the country, LOL. J

[@balanelgabriel3516]

If a use an Transistor TIP 35C will works? Thanks +!

[@DadHav]

Yes, I think that would work.

[@darrellfreeman5501]

toroidal transformer around a slim small size tesla coil..

[@avon9798]

Can you give me an alternate transistor it's hard to find it in my country....

[@DadHav]

Hello my friend. Almost any large size NPN transistor will work. Something that could handle 3-5 amps might even be enough. You might have to experiment with the resistor or use something like a 5K potentiometer. I will be posting a video of an easy to make coil that works well next week if you want to wait to see it.

[@avon9798]

Will the darlington pair of 2n2222A and D313 will work

[@DadHav]

I never tried a Darlington on the resonators. It might work, also the D313 might work by itself.

[@johncajka5424]

the term is electromagneticinduction not capacitance. your using an air gap transformer to power the small bulb

[@DadHav]

+john cajka ..........Hello John, I'm familiar with your term and wouldn't necessarily disagree with you as it pertains to the lighting of the bulb with a transformer effect. There are some unique differences if you want to call this a transformer isn't there? As an example one end of secondary is open circuit. Or on the other hand there is a capacitance on going from the top of the resonator to ground, so how can you say capacitance doesn't enter in? this information is on almost every description of how the device works. The receiver doesn't work unless a similar path to ground established and in this case highest efficiency of this path is established by changing the distance between the heat sink (Ground) and the coil. Is that not tuning the necessary capacitive link?I enjoy the discussion.John

[@johncajka5424]

you are effecting the circuit with the capacitance of your hand i'll agree with that. all you are doing is picking up the mag field and converting it to voltage to light the small bulb

[@DadHav]

+john cajka ...........Hello John, I suppose we will remain in constant disagreement but that's OK because it gives me a chance to mention a few things I forgot in the video. OK maybe you would like to explain a few things that seem to say the potential on the receiver coil does not come from a common magnetic induction like a transformer effect: 1. My very expensive gauss meter does not find any magnetism from 3 feet away from the resonator coil all the way up to the coil where it nearly touches. You mentioned the resonator being an air core but you should know that the magnetism in an air core coil is in the center of the coil not on the outside. 2. If I connect the receiver coil or any coil for that matter to a volt meter or amp meter, I can move it right up to the transmitter coil and measure zero voltage and current. Based on that I personally conclude there is no standard transformer effect getting potential to the receiver coil.What is happening in my opinion, and I'm the first to admit I do not know a lot about Tesla coils, is that you have one resonating coil sending out some sort of radio or longitudinal wave that a second receiver coil can be tuned to receive. In turn the receiver will resonate at the frequency of the transmitter without any hard wired connection. A resonating coil can produce it's own energy can't it? Or maybe not, I'm not sure but I am sure this effect has nothing to do with electromagnetic induction and does have much more to do with capacitance. Capacitance is necessary to achieve resonance. If you haven't seen my second video have a look:kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5zTh3-kosmlaM19 ran a couple of motors there using an AV diode plug and incidentally I can run the motors without the receiver coil and just from the diode plug. There certainly can't be a standard transformer effect there, there is no coil to make a transformer. So what runs the motor? What comes into the diodes and goes out DC?Take care John

[@mworld]

TIP41C also works.

[@tevfikkaya6953]

hi, is there anyone to help me how ı can make tesla bobin with 35kv? ı will be really happy if someone help me for that.

[@TeslaExplorer]

hey good job!

[@DadHav]

Tesla Explorer Wow, Mr. Explorer, Am I ever impressed with your channel! I hope others who see this comment will visit and subscribe as I did. I'll need some more time to watch all your vids. Can I ask where you gathered your information from? I know very little about these coils and would like to learn more. It looks like you're using mostly magnifier 3 coil setups, is that correct? Is there a forum somewhere that has construction information. I recently made two 2Dia x 11H coils with 1000 turns and would love to try one of them as a magnifier but have no idea what to use for primary and secondary coils. I've had some good luck with running window motors with a special circuit and a receiver coil and had some nice success with the new coil with spinners and things on the top. Take a look at the motors running here:kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5zTh3-kosmlaM19f you have any advice or a pointer in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks for sharing your videos and visiting my channel.John

[@TeslaExplorer]

***** Thank you so much! I haven't yet made a magnifier setup yet I would love to someday. For now im still experimenting with all the different tones that are achievable with high"er" frequency in visual fx from high voltage. little bit of wireless here and there of course. but in all the 3 main topologies. if there is a 3rd one that is, im starting to think the vttc and sstc have no differences at all!

[@DadHav]

Tesla Explorer Hey Tesla, I tried a jury rig magnifier and couldn't get it to work with my first tall coil but I blame it on the coil, it was pretty weak. I will try again with the 1000 turn coil trying some #18 for the primary and maybe something like #24 for a secondary. I'd have to guess at what the turns ratio's would have to be for a 1000 turn resonator if that's the correct term. I will find a radio somewhere and see what happens. My hand held meters with Hz readings measure a frequency of 1.6 to 1.8 MHz without even touching a lead to anything. That's certainly out of the hearing range if it's true but the scope shows nothing slow enough to hear either. I'll keep watching for anything new you post. Man you know how to light m up. I haven't used anything using more than 20 volts and around 2-3 amps yet. Once I got up there though everything really gets much better than these two videos. So far I haven't used anything but the Slayer style circuit. When you say VT do you refer to vacuum tube? John

[@TeslaExplorer]

***** the magnifier does sound interesting. I do believe they drive them the exact same as a regular spark gap Tesla coil.... you want the tone from the secondary plus the extra coil to match up with the primary coil. just like a resonator and primary in standard. your meters are probably getting spike oscillations from the air that probably wont give you anything static for a result. besides checking mains current with a clamp ive never metered anything really. just checking continuity really with an ohm meter and capacitance on an mmc. I forgot to suggest also that a spark gap Tesla would workout just as good as a vacuum tube Tesla.... nic-

[@TeslaExplorer]

hope you've been well!

[@realmundo9060]

I click here thinking in at last lightsabers had been created..

[@avon9798]

I don't think any transistor will work only high frequency transistor's will work!.....

[@DadHav]

Avon, My most recent resonator runs at a frequency of .947 MHz which is easy for the transistors similar to a 2n-3055 or my favorite MJL-21194 to handle.