The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008.
The author has made every effort to wa the reader of any known dangers involved
when working with high voltage. The intent of the material in this text is to assist a hobbyist
in designing and operating a Tesla coil while developing insight to safe working
practices. Some degree of existing experience is inferred. Electrical design work is by nature
interpretive, following the procedures in a design guide are not always reproducible or predictable.
Chapters have been included in this guide on electrical safety and designing control
circuits that should prevent operator injury if followed. Beware when using surplus parts,
whose operating history and material condition is always unknown and should always be
treated with caution. The author accepts no legal responsibility for any personal injury or
equipment damage encountered by users as a result of following the methods and information
contained in this text.
If you are careless, senseless, or otherwise irresponsible you should not engage in this
work! This may not be readily apparent as a person would tend to avoid such criticism or
awareness. Evaluate your current hobbies or what you do as a profession and how well you
do it. Does it involve a degree of creativity? Does it include manual skills and hands-on work?
Are you familiar with basic electrical theory and have you applied it to any electrical work?
Are you experienced in such matters? If you cannot answer yes to these questions you should
engage in another line of interest for your own safety.
Disclaimer.
List of Illustrations.
List of Tables.
Foreword.
Preface.
Introduction to Coiling.
Designing a Spark Gap Tesla Coil.
Resonance.
Inductors and Air Core Transformers.
Capacitors.
Spark Gaps.
Control, Monitoring, and Interconnections.
Using Computer Simulation to Verify Coil Design.
Coil Construction.
Engineering Aids.
The author has made every effort to wa the reader of any known dangers involved
when working with high voltage. The intent of the material in this text is to assist a hobbyist
in designing and operating a Tesla coil while developing insight to safe working
practices. Some degree of existing experience is inferred. Electrical design work is by nature
interpretive, following the procedures in a design guide are not always reproducible or predictable.
Chapters have been included in this guide on electrical safety and designing control
circuits that should prevent operator injury if followed. Beware when using surplus parts,
whose operating history and material condition is always unknown and should always be
treated with caution. The author accepts no legal responsibility for any personal injury or
equipment damage encountered by users as a result of following the methods and information
contained in this text.
If you are careless, senseless, or otherwise irresponsible you should not engage in this
work! This may not be readily apparent as a person would tend to avoid such criticism or
awareness. Evaluate your current hobbies or what you do as a profession and how well you
do it. Does it involve a degree of creativity? Does it include manual skills and hands-on work?
Are you familiar with basic electrical theory and have you applied it to any electrical work?
Are you experienced in such matters? If you cannot answer yes to these questions you should
engage in another line of interest for your own safety.
Disclaimer.
List of Illustrations.
List of Tables.
Foreword.
Preface.
Introduction to Coiling.
Designing a Spark Gap Tesla Coil.
Resonance.
Inductors and Air Core Transformers.
Capacitors.
Spark Gaps.
Control, Monitoring, and Interconnections.
Using Computer Simulation to Verify Coil Design.
Coil Construction.
Engineering Aids.