Lightning Machine Coil v2 (sort of)

[@johnwynne-qx6br]

👍 great work.

[@FullModernAlchemist]

Wow very nice results!

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Absolutely beautifull!!!!! If I wanted to achieve a 4,000 volt output at a relatively high frequency of around 100 kHz or higher would I be able to use 80 tuns on the primary and 500 turns on the secondary? If that follows would I be able to use a 50 turn primary to get 2,000 volts output? It should be relatively simple however I am a chemist and not an electrical engineer..lol.......Thank you....

[@electronicmt._.3138]

I think most of the power are gone in capacitances between coil and ground .just reduce the length and increase the diameter of coil and gain more volts.4000turns is huge,that should give a million of volt

[@JenkoRun]

The H/D ratio has a significant effect on the Q factor of the coil, the taller it is the more the electrostatic field dominates, the wider and fatter the more the magnetic field dominates, giving it a 1:1 ratio and a spacing between each wire of 1.5x to 1.6x the diameter of wire used will give it a far greater Q factor and a much higher voltage output for the same cost.

[@davidliddelow5704]

Are the tubes made of iron? If not it might help to get more energy in magnetic form and so more volts out the other end.

[@gristc]

Nah, metal formers would block the electric-magnetic field and also be conductive, so the hugh voltage difference between the two ends would just go through them and not through the wires like I want.

[@zinckensteel]

I suspect you do not have good coupling between the primary and all of the secondary. Try spreading out the primary turns. You could also use a series of well-insulated ferrite rods, stacked end-to-end, down the center of the whole thing. Don't use a contiguous core - use plastic insulation blocks to separate multiple short sections of rod.

[@gristc]

Yeah, the coupling is definitely weak. I like the inductor idea, will give that a go.