Million Volt Challenge

[@NickMoore]

Sweet! The "hot bench" reminds me of how I learned about breakdown voltage >_

[@DrakkarCalethiel]

technically you built a tesla coil, but instead of a freestanding air insulated coild yours is insulated by oil. Never seen it like this! Any guess on the frequecy? Secondary output looks like I dont want to touch with steel gauntlets. :D

[@DrakkarCalethiel]

@@DolezalPetr Had the same experience, all of them burned out. Mostly they flashed over, even tho they where sealed in epoxy resin.

[@gristc]

I wouldn't really call it a Tesla Coil, I'm not taking advantage of the resonance at all, just forcing it square waves at 100Hz from the spark gap. I'm tempted to though. :)

[@DrakkarCalethiel]

Now I understand, You basically just dump the caps into the primary completely ignoring resonance. With that setup, go for a SGTC. It might be a real beast! For my part, I stick to SSTCs, love that you can simply use "low voltage" in the primary tank circuit and that you can audio modulate it fairly simple!

[@gristc]

@@DrakkarCalethiel Yeah, SGTC is probably what it'll end up as. I actually already have a DRSSTC that I made from a kit. Wanted to go back to basics. :)

[@mymikeechoes1267]

What is the blueprints for this by the way?

[@gristc]

There isn't one really. It's basically a spark gap Tesla Coil circuit, but there's no resonance, so it's not actually a Tesla Coil.

[@mymikeechoes1267]

What is exactly is this called and how is it not into plasma instead of electricity?

[@gristc]

I'd call it an air-cored high voltage transformer. There is both plasma and current. The plasma created by the arc allows current to flow.