small tesla project

[the_big_m_in_ok]

jesus,
i think it is 30,000 volts per cm..
the spark on the coil is 5.58 cm
and the spark that hit me was 11.4 cm..
but anyway i drawed up a schematic.. below

@kooler
If the current was much higher, you might've been killed.
I strongly prefer low voltage applications for that reason.  When I have trained experience and more freedom in a better living situation, I might experiment with high voltage.

You were lucky that time.  However, I liked your circuit so well, I downloaded a copy.

--Lee

[kooler]

@kooler
If the current was much higher, you might've been killed.
I strongly prefer low voltage applications for that reason.  When I have trained experience and more freedom in a better living situation, I might experiment with high voltage.

You were lucky that time.  However, I liked your circuit so well, I downloaded a copy.

--Lee

hahaha,
i was lucky 10 years ago while helping a friend work on oil furnances.. he said just pull the door and motor out and the safety switch will keep it from coming on while you replace the nozzle.. the safety switch was junk cuz i know what 10,000 volts at 23 ma's feels like on my elbow ..
i had to put some new paneling in this old ladies trailer because of that mistake.. she didn't care if i died.. as long as i got that paneling replaced first..  haha
i'm just a dumb old country boy .. right..?

robbie

[nievesoliveras]

Thanks @kooler!

The first transformer on the circuit. Is it a commercial one or you built it?

Jesus

[kooler]

i got it out of a dell crt monitor.. it doesn't have any markings on it.. just yellow tape
i got a couple of them..
you really don't need the center tap with resistor on the secondary i just used for a cap bleed..
i'm careless enough .. so i put it there so i would get shocked

robbie

[the_big_m_in_ok]

hahaha,
i was lucky 10 years ago while helping a friend work on oil furnances.. he said just pull the door and motor out and the safety switch will keep it from coming on while you replace the nozzle.. the safety switch was junk cuz i know what 10,000 volts at 23 ma's feels like on my elbow ..

I imagine the transformer was on the electric starter to spark the oil fumes and light them off?  My aunt and uncle had an electric-fired gas furnace in central Ohio.  In winter, when the power was out from blizzard-felled trees, they got cold---no power to light the furnace.  Nothing they could do.

i had to put some new paneling in this old ladies trailer because of that mistake.. she didn't care if i died.. as long as i got that paneling replaced first..  haha
i'm just a dumb old country boy .. right..?

I used to live in the rural county of Ohio and Oklahoma, but I see what you mean.   

I always tried to be careful when working on line voltage.  My Dad was a part-time TV repairman, so old-fashioned CRT picture tubes can be real dangerous.  I know first hand.

Just look out.  That goes for everyone.

--Lee