Tesla on a Car, 2005
Now this was a long time ago. For a bit of silliness, I put the mini Tesla coil above on my car.
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My Honda Civic at the time was 20 years old (which makes it younger than the Space Shuttle). To run my stereo I have had a 300 W inverter in there for about 15 years running a 100 W/ch hifi amp and 8 ohm speakers which used to take up all the parcel space and back seat as well. The inverter has been utterly reliable and in the meantime I am on to my third amplifier and third set of speakers.
I simply plugged the Tesla coil in to the 300 W and put it on the roof. It is perfectly capable of being driven around but is rather underwhelming for that. As a precaution I earthed the car aerial but I probably didn’t need to as I have run a car radio only a foot or two away from 4 foot sparks. I suspect they have very good static suppression. The Honda died later in 2005 (unrelated to the TC) and as a mark of respect and mourning, I have not bought a replacement but use my bicycle instead. I continue to do so in 2011.
Of course, since 2005 I have done a lot of Tesla on a car stuff which is vastly more spectacular. If you don’t see anything else on my site, see this.
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Photo Date: 2005