Information resources | |
| Safety is paramount | http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/Safety/safety.htm |
| Check out the TC Mailing list (plenty links here too) | http://www.pupman.com/ |
| The .HV forum | http://www.4hv.org/ |
| Tesla Coil Builders of the United Kingdom | http://www.tcbouk.org.uk/ |
| VoltNet has basic theory and links | http://www.voltnet.com/tesla/ |
| Hot-Streamer.Com hosts dozens of Tesla sites including the great Terry Fritz's. Check it out. |
http://www.hot-streamer.com/ |
Solid-state coiling | |
| Solid state Tesla Coils by thedatastream. He's got bricks, and I'm afraid he'll use them. |
http://thedatastream.4hv.org/teslacoils.html |
| Jimmy Hynes, builder of the mighty DRSSTC. Currently the most powerful SSTC in the world. |
http://www.hot-streamer.com/chunkyboy86/ |
| Richie Burnett (great spark gap stuff too) | http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/ |
| Jan Wagner SSTC design guide | http://www.hut.fi/~jwagner/tesla/tc-plans.htm |
| Derek Woodroffe (he's actually built an OLTC) | http://www.roffesoft.com/tesla/ |
Other TC stuff | |
| Matt Behrend has a great Tesla Coil theory website | http://home.earthlink.net/~electronxlc/ |
| Sam Barros has a great mini TC | http://www.powerlabs.org/highvoltage.htm |
| However, Steve Ward's mini coil kicks its butt. | http://hot-streamer.com/srward16/MiniCoil.htm |
| Richie Burnett has advanced in-depth theory | http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/ |
| Jan Wagner has a good design guide | http://www.hut.fi/~jwagner/tesla/tc-plans.htm |
| Hvguy.com has some pretty extreme TC action | http://www.hvguy.com/ |
| Gary Lau has two fine Tesla coils and some tremendous spark pictures. |
http://www.laushaus.com/tesla/ |
| Check out Tesla Technology Research's scale model of the Colorado Springs transmitter. It gives sparks 55 feet long! Run away! |
http://www.ttr.com/model13.html |
| Lightning On Demand: Makers of the famous "Electrum" coil and your gateway to the West-Coast-Techno-Art-Mad-Max- Destructo-Geek scene |
http://www.lod.org/ |
| kVA Effects Tesla Coil specialists, lightning effects for TV, film, etc. Watch the nightclub scene in the movie 'xXx' |
http://www.teslacoil.com |
| The incredible Trashy Tesla: A Tesla Coil made entirely from dumpster divings. |
http://www.angelfire.com/80s/sixmhz/trashy.html |
| Jochen Kronjaeger's HV pages: Good information on transformers etc. |
http://www.kronjaeger.com/hv/index.html |
| Mike's Electric Stuff | http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/ |
| HVFX: British company that do Tesla coil effects Home of "Thor", Europe's most powerful coil |
http://www.hvfx.co.uk/ |
| Legion Electric These guys sell ready-made Tesla coils. Legend has it that founder Steve Rodway once accidentally touched a live pole pig. |
http://www.legion-elec.demon.co.uk/ |
| Read about his pole pig encounter here | http://www.pupman.com/safety2.htm |
| Did you know that Tesla coils were once tried as a "cure" for Gonorrhea? |
http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com/ |
| And finally a splendid collection of someone else's links! |
http://www.aquila.net/berthickman/frames/links.html |
