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| welcome to chipkids tesla coil site |
| the schematics of a tesla coil |
| the parts you will need to build a tesla coil: 1. 6500 volt 23 milli amp transformer found at amazing1.com 2. 10,000 volt capacitor found at amazing1.com 3. Spark Gap found at amazing1.com 4. PVC Pipe 5-6 inches wide 3 feet long Found At The Home Depot 5. copper tubing (refrigerator tubing) 1/4th inch diamiter 30 feet found at The Home Depot 6. Toriod Found at Amazing1.com 7. # 24-26 enamaled magnet wire or just magnet wire found at electronixexpress.com |
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| The instructions for winding the secondary coil. 1. get your 3 foot long 5-6 inches in diameter PVC pipe. 2. get your enameled wire 3. next drill 3 holes in the side of the bottom of the PVC pipe (about 1-2 inches above the bottom and a 1/4 inch along the bottom of the PVC pipe. this will hold the wire that is wrapped around the PVC pipe. you will have to make these holes about 2 inches below the top of the PVC pipe and 1/4 inch apart make sure that the wire comes out of the end of the PVC pipe. 4. next insert the wire through one of the end holes that you drilled and weave it through the other 2 holes (make sure that some of the wire comes out of the bottom of the PVC pipe. 5. next you will have to get some tape: duct tape, electrical tape, vinyl tape, or packaging tape will work. 6. next wrap the wire around the PVC pipe making sure that the wire will not overlap or have kinks or bends in it because this will greatly reduce the amount of voltage that your Tesla Coil will produce. also (make sure that the wire is tightly wound and tightly close together when wound. IF YOU GET TIRED OF WRAPPING THE WIRE YOU WILL USE THE TAPE FOR HOLDING THE WIRE IN PLACE SO IT DOES NOT UNRAVEL. 7. you will have about 1000-3000 wrappings of magnet wire after you are finished. after you are finished wrapping the PVC pipe with wire. just put that aside but make sure you have thread the wire through the last 3 holes a the top of the PVC pipe. and put tape over both three holes where the wire in located this will hold the wire in place until later. |
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