I suspect that more capacitance won't really help. I think what you need is a high speed asynchronous rotary gap, maybe 300-500 bps. Spark length is proportional to sqrt(power throughput), so higher bps and the same bang energy means larger sparks.
Hi , I didnt want to add more capacitance , I just needed more in parellel so they can store more power . I will eventually be using a synchronous spark gap on there , thanks for your interest .
Hi , I solderd two diodes to the commutator it now acts similar to the cutting flats in the armature mod , the capacitor is for a voltage dropper instead of using a variac , tha cap brings the voltage down to about 80volts as 240volts cooks it in a few seconds . The orange light is flashing at 50htz mains frequency .its just a standard 240v led bulb with the smoothing capacitor removed .
It's synchronous because it spins at a constant RPM dictated by the AC line frequency. It's intended to be used to switch high voltage from a capacitor which is also supplied by the AC line which is in phase with the spark gap motor AC line. Ideally, the spark gap will close/switch/conduct at some even harmonic of the line frequency, at/near peak voltage (unless the phase is shifted) i.e. 60Hz/2, 60Hz x 2 or 4x or x8... It allows maximum power transfer and regular discharges compared to an asynchronous spark gap, which fires whenever the electrodes happen to be close enough for whatever voltage the capacitor is at any given moment. Maximum voltage could be achieved by setting a ratio and a phase that allows a discharge and begin recharge every 180 degrees at peak + and - voltages, which would be 2 per cycle or 120Hz with 60Hz line. Alternately it could switch at every node and antinode (at 0V, max+ and max -). I think matching the line frequency would be difficult unless you wasted/shorted every other spark or half wave rectified the HV to capacitor (I could be wrong)
Hi , Thanks for the compliment , I have improved the design now , have a look at my , A sexy synchronous rotary spark gap video . I have thought about selling them . It would help pay for all those pesky capacitors LOL . Try making one first , its very theraputic and they exercise the brain .
That damn smoke. Awesome work , jus ";-)" a lil more work.... LOL I do this sort of thing as well, I KNOW the amount of time it takes to get things airborne! Then staying aireborne.. FUN... Congrats great stuff
I Just built a bigger one , i got the bug back again havent made a tesla coil for ages , its going to be over 7 foot tall , i get nervous standing next to it lol .
@@1000000volts eu descobri a anti-gravidade! através da bobina panqueca de tesla da pra fazer como um sistema de ions com um anel do tamanho da circunferência do disco voador girando em alta velocidade na extremidade do veículo isso não só da estabilidade ao mesmo como também ajuda a perder peso! estar funcionando.
@@joseclebson7319 You would have too lift the power supply as well , I am using all the power from the national grid , It would need a big generator to power it and that equals a lot of weight .
hey, can you pump refrigerant through a tesla turbine and then recompress it? Wouldn't that make a closed thermal loop where motion is the energy dissipator? could you use a that tesla turbine to run a dynamo that you charge your phone with? when you not charging your phone that tesla turbine could heat an element inside a sand battery. that heat could thermally motivate the refrigerant gas through your tesla turbine. this runs your dynamo that runs the compressor that stores the refrigerant. try using corn starch in the sand of your sand battery (dont expose it to oxygen then) also consider browns gas is easy to make, using a peristaltic design and graphite infused sponge between the poles, then put that hho gas through a jet turbine and have the turbine run a dynamo that runs the electrolysis and use the heat from the turbine to heat your sand battery. im high af and just watched your vid, i love it. still dont know what it does. a box kite with a ducted fan inside connected to a brushless dynamo in its center. the positive and negative cables are the two kite control strings.
Thanks Pete I remember you from years Back , I Haven't touched Tesla Coils for a long time , Thought what the He'll , I gonna make another one LOL , Huge difference from the early days , going to try something different for the primary support. Live Long and Prosper
Hi, yes there are many combinations some lock it in sync better and others help the torque on startup , with varying current draws that causing the motor to run hot or not . was mostly trial and error , I calculated the capacitor drop for the voltage and came up with 50uf but that was way off . was a learning curve enjoyed the build , hope it works now , i will test it out on my old coil sometime , was planning on a complete new build with it , 10 or 12 inch maybe .
really? i reckon tesla would be laughing and thinking of this... "This ... alone will show that the economical conversion of currents by make and break devices is a much more difficult problem than it appears to those who have studied it superficially. Not only must the devices used in the transformation possess certain characteristics, but the entire circuit must be properly designed. One can not help admiring the confidence and self-possession of experimenters, who put forth carelessly such views and who, with but a few days’, not to say hours’, experience with a device, apparently unmindful of the responsibility of such a step, and advance their imperfect results and opinions hastily formed. The sparks may be long and brilliant, the display interesting to witness, and the audience may be delighted, but one must doubt the value of such demonstrations. There is so little novelty in them, that one might easily perform a practical joke on the lecturer by describing in advance all his drawings, apparatus, experiments and theories, this placing him in an awful predicament..." Some Experiments in Tesla's Laboratory with Currents of High Potential and High Frequency by Nikola Tesla Electrical Review March 29th, 1899 and well, i have to agree... as i could not put it as succinctly as he himself has already done.
