Shocking Myself With a Tesla Coil Made of Lego

[@Rainstalker]

I love this because it combines Lego with practical engineering. And it's stupidly cool too

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Thanks, that's the general mix I'm going for! 🙏 Though there will be some more pure Lego coming too

[@mr-redify]

I’m glad I found this channel and can be part of the early comers, seeing the quality of these videos I can see this channel become big one day

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Aw thanks for the encouragement! I'm having fun making the videos, so just happy a few folks are also interested 😁

[@Kerosene682]

I'm really genuinely excited to see this channel grow because it's relatively new this stuff is honestly genius and I love it it appeals to both the lego community and the people who are more into electrical shenanigans which is why I'm confident it'll gain traction super happy I found my way here because the quality is incredible and I'm here early so I can watch the sub count rise overtime the content itself is also interesting, engaging, and overall extremely enjoyable as soon as I saw the lego speaker, I was absolutely hooked I have a feeling I'm gonna be coming back for every single new upload

[@JamiesBrickJams]

That's an amazing comment, thanks so much for the encouragement 😁 I really do appreciate hearing that some folks are getting something out of these experiments. It might be a bit odd mixing Lego with non-Lego ideas, like basic electronics, but I feel like there's a lot of cross interest for makers and hobbyists. Will keep the videos coming!

[@Kids_Scissors]

Feels like something lego would make I the 1950s. Like you could see it right next to the Uranium lab and the gas powered pogo stick

[@JamiesBrickJams]

I'd kill for kits like that!

[@CG_Pigeon]

put ur hand *directly* on it, then turn it on it gives nice tickles then u wake up in a bed surrounded by people with masks likes its 2020 again :D

[@JamiesBrickJams]

If I wake up in 2020 again, I'll take another hit off that coil! 😵

[@CG_Pigeon]

@@JamiesBrickJams lol xD

[@FlammableElectronics]

​@@JamiesBrickJamsone hit? Bruh lmao I have done multiple from my large coil and it burns

[@Lykaotix]

The first video I have planned for my engineering channel is literally about those exact same boost converters! I just haven't had the time to narrate and edit it all down yet 🤣 I'll definitely drop the vid link once I finally get it posted, though it won't be nearly as awesome as a Lego Tesla coil/taser 😊

[@JamiesBrickJams]

That'd be awesome, do drop the link! They're certainly handy little things, and they pack quite a wallop for how small they are. Good luck with your vid!

[@vipranshmishra7472]

around 5 years ago i did the same with my toy spiderman but it melted as my tesla coil was to powerful for it ( i used three microwave oven transformers in series as high voltage power supply) . love your videos keep it up.

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Haha that's awesome 😂 RIP Spiderman. 3 MOTs sounds ridiculously powerful! Well done man, better you than me - pretty sure I wouldn't survive those experiments 😅

[@FlammableElectronics]

Where did u connect the other end of the secondary to? I am resorting from a sstc to a sgtc for my 1260 winding secondary

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Ah yes good question - that other side goes to ground. Mine is just blue-tacked to the leg of my table (which is metal).

[@FlammableElectronics]

@@JamiesBrickJams thanks!

[@ElPsyCongroo.]

Really good video! I love how clean the build is, and the output is quite decent for the capacitors you are using, i have dissasembled those modules and the caps are extremely small. I made a portable one with a bug zapper once too, they are fun to play with for a while but you should build a big one with MOT's or NST and combine it with lego, it would be so cool. I just have one question, did you ground the secondary? Because i feel like those arcs are small for such a high input voltage and considering that it is in resonance.

[@JamiesBrickJams]

I'm impressed you managed to take one of those apart - I tried and gave up after realising how annoying that epoxy filler is (or whatever that stuff is)! My original idea was to build one using a high voltage circuit from an electronic lighter (similar to Jay from the Plasma Channel) but decided to stick to this for the sake of simplicity. I did indeed ground the secondary (on the metal leg of my table), but I think the main limiting factor is, as you said, the tiny caps in the booster. I totally want to make a much bigger one though! Maybe even try a pancake coil

[@ElPsyCongroo.]

@@JamiesBrickJams you should definetely do it, I have never worked with pancake coils but I think they are way harder to wind compared to normal ones. Maybe you could use a flyback for the next one, I like plasma channel but most of his builds are really low power so I'm pretty sure you can make something way more powerful than him with one. Also, I think this module could work for a bigger coil if you add another cap at the end of it, in my current coil I am using four leyden jars and only 4kv input (two MOT in series, ballasted by another MOT) and I get 15cm arcs but the coil is around 13cm, I'm sure you can make one better than that with real caps and calculated resonance.

[@dronko-fire-blaster]

cool, I would't even come close to that, thoughs voltage multiples are scary, everything I have heard about them is bad, though now I want to make a tellsla coil even more now!

[@JamiesBrickJams]

It's worth a try - they're fascinating contraptions! This one is pretty tame, and usually your hand will involuntarily jerk away when the voltage becomes too uncomfortable. But generally good advice to avoid the business end 😅

[@margarithaestepa1758]

the funniest part is trying to make bros finger electric shock 😂 5:09

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Was really surprised by that one 😅 I think there was a small gap between the thimble and my finger

[@iplaygames-]

so happy i got recommended this

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Me too now 😄

[@SimplexonYt]

can you try to build a binary adder completely out of lego

[@JamiesBrickJams]

That is probably relatively straightforward, but there are folks (like 2in1bricking, and Nico71) who have done a phenomenal job building mechanical computing concepts, so I'd leave it to them to iterate in those - they're much better mechanical engineers than me

[@Danker1248]

Is the bottom lead of the secondary coil not connected to anything? I tried following how you wired everything but cant seem to get it all figured out

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Good question! That's your ground - it needs to be attached to something bigish and preferably metal. I just bluetacked it to the leg of my table (which is metal). Just shout if you'd like any other help - the overall circuit is extremely simple (it might just look complicated because of the Lego)

[@hipposhark]

i made an emp with these things a couple of years ago, not the greatest but could wipe out kitchen timers and broke my multimeter

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Haha damn that's awesome! Do you mean like one of those slayer circuit type EMPs?

[@tobiechandler169]

Only 5 likes? This is awesome!

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Cheers man 😁

[@user-vy5hc9ud6l]

Maybe you should avoid sharp edges on your top load because as we can see it has a lot of loss due to corona

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Yeah you're totally right, it's definitely quite lossy. I originally tried various smooth top loads, and one very nice toroid, but didn't see an appreciable improvement in output (this thing is pretty underpowered), so I just went with this sharp one to intentionally get some more impressive footage of the Corona! Good advice though for when I build a more powerful one 😄

[@bonksrys9341]

Love the video keep it up ❤️

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Thanks v much, appreciate it! 🙏

[@cannedwither8494]

I wish i had this much lego technic i have like a 15*15*15 box of random bits and you always need to figure a way to build what you want with a extremely limited amout of stuff so it sucks a bit how do u get so much? is it a kit?

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Totally know what you mean - growing up I was always pretty limited. Guess that's the beauty of being an adult - we can waste our money on the dumbest stuff 😅 Guess I've just bought a few too many technic sets and now have a lot of spare pieces!

[@cannedwither8494]

@@JamiesBrickJams thats nice i always want to keep creating stuff tbh

[@Oddo22]

i hope u remember me when u get 1mil subs

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Always and forever 😁

[@trevorhaddox6884]

"Zapping termination in 10 mississippi..."

[@JamiesBrickJams]

😁

[@wes4578]

Where did you gain your knowledge of electricity? Do you have a degree in electrical engineering, or is this solely a hobby?

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Honestly just from messing around as a hobby 😄 It helps that my dad was an electrical engineer and can tell me how to not electrocute myself!

[@wes4578]

@@JamiesBrickJams Oh that's neat.

[@death8418]

I made a taser gauntlet that was powered by a drone battery out of these

[@JamiesBrickJams]

That's awesome man, love it 😁 Do they hurt much? I've touched a couple of the weaker ones, but not these ones

[@death8418]

@@JamiesBrickJams yeah they hurt quite a bit lol. Ive had limbs go numb.

[@SimplexonYt]

is this an engineering channel or a lego channel

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Ha good question. I like to think of it as a channel used to inspire folks to experiment with new ideas, using LEGO as a theme to learn about them

[@ImXyper]

nice

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Thanks 😁

[@engi_games]

He made a taser

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Yup, learner that the hard way, several times 😁

[@realkshitijgaikwad]

Hey bro just remember me I am here from 1.6k subs

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Aw well hopefully it'll be a fun journey!

[@Firealarmguys]

I almost killed myself because of 30,0000000000000 😱😱😱😵😵volts but i survived it🎉😂😅😅

[@LowerBudgetOppenheimer]

First

[@JamiesBrickJams]

You are indeed 🙏

[@LowerBudgetOppenheimer]

@@JamiesBrickJams great channel btw

[@JamiesBrickJams]

Big thanks!