TeslaCam
A small video camera mounted on a rotating breakout point of a Tesla coil captures streamers and about the first foot of some 6 foot sparks.
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Tesla Coil Rectification
Tesla coils produce high frequency AC which is passed through a diode and capacitor to produce DC. This Tesla coil rectification is a difficult task as very high voltage diodes capable of running at several hundred kHz are not easy to come by.
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Lifters Construction
Lifters are devices that levitate using ion wind created from a DC high voltage external source. Here we examine lifters construction.
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Lifter – Museum Display
This high voltage lifter was developed for a public display. It has custom argon tubes for the upright high voltage wire supports. In addition it has small neon indicator globes at the corners of the lifter itself. Very impressive at night. Not really a high flier however due to the reduced voltage available after the argons plus the added weight of the small neon tubes which were later removed.
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Lifter 80kV
This “lifter” is a lightweight construction that rises into the air under the action of ionic wind.
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Ionic Spinners – Briefcase Tesla Coil
This is a long exposure of an ionic spinner with green and blue “neon” fluoro pilot lights rotating on my mini Tesla coil. It shows the corona which is the purple ring of air ionised by high voltage that drives it.
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Ionic spinners
An ionic spinner works by ionised air in corona causing thrust on a wire but it needs DC to work well.
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