WARNING: TESLA COILS REQUIRE AND GENERATE EXTREME VOLTAGES AND CURRENTS - YOU CAN EASILY BE KILLED IF CARELESS - DO AS MUCH RESEARCH AS YOU CAN AND NEVER TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED - CHECK AND RECHECK EVERYTHING BEFORE APPROACHING A 'SWITCHED-OFF' TESLA COIL!! - NEVER APPROACH AN OPERATING COIL!!

*********THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES WITH THESE DEVICES!!*********

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If you want to build one of these, then do what I did, and spend dozens of nights reading the tesla archives at www.pupman.com

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CONTENTS - LAST UPDATE 22 AUGUST 2001 - MAGGY PICS SOON

POWER SOURCE

POWER CONTROL

COMPLETE COIL

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

TOP LOAD

TANK CAPACITOR

SPARK GAP

SYNC GAP TIMING SETUP

TUNING USING FREQ GEN/CRO

FIRST LIGHT, POWER AT 16KV/2KVA

SECOND LIGHT, POWER AT 16KV/2.5-5KVA

COIL PICS AT 33KV/20KVA - NEAR FULL POWER

MY STUFF UPS!!

VIDEO OF MY COIL AT 2.5KW, UP TO 5KW FOR LAST 15 SECS

VIDEO OF MY COIL AT FULL POWER - UP TO 20KW, ROOF ARCS ARE GREATER THAN 4.5 METERS

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EMAIL ME AT : rcopini@merlin.net.au

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