I'm working on a project to build a small tesla coil and I'm mostly following these tutorials:
What wire should I use to make the connections between the generator and the spark gap? I thought about using 2.5mm.
To the coil, I'm using 24AWG for the secondary (30cm of height, around 1000 turns) and 3mm copper wire for the primary (10 turns). To the capactiors, I'm using 6x16oz salt, water and aluminium foil capacitors. Is this enough or I should have more capacitors?
The electric diagram is this one but I can't read these diagrams:
Am I doing something wrong/could do something better?
- https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Tesla-Coil/
- http://www.megavolts.nl/en/projects/tesla-coils/174-transparent-mini-dc-teslacoil
- Connect the base of secondary to unique ground
- Connect the HV generator to both screws of the spark gap
- Connect the beginning of the primary coil to a screw of the spark gap
- Connect all capacitors together and wire them to the end of the primary coil
- Connect the base of the capacitors (wrapped in aluminum foil) to a spark gap screw (the opposite screw that has the beginning of the primary connected)
- To which screw of the spark gap should I connect the HV generator positive? The one that is connected to the base of the capacitors or to the one that is connected to the primary coil?
What wire should I use to make the connections between the generator and the spark gap? I thought about using 2.5mm.
To the coil, I'm using 24AWG for the secondary (30cm of height, around 1000 turns) and 3mm copper wire for the primary (10 turns). To the capactiors, I'm using 6x16oz salt, water and aluminium foil capacitors. Is this enough or I should have more capacitors?
The electric diagram is this one but I can't read these diagrams:
Am I doing something wrong/could do something better?