Musical Solid-State Tesla Coil (SSTC)

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WIP, more info coming soon...

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  • VBus: 300VDC
  • Bus cap: 10mF
  • CW mode at 2.5KW
  • Rev: 3
  • VBus: 300VDC
  • Bus cap: 10mF
  • CW mode at 2.5KW
  • Rev: 3
  • VBus: 300VDC
  • Bus cap: 10mF
  • CW mode at 2.5KW
  • Rev: 3
  • VBus: 300VDC
  • Bus cap: 10mF
  • CW mode at 2KW
  • Rev: 3
  • VBus: 300VDC
  • Bus cap: 10mF
  • CW mode at 2KW
  • Rev: 3
  • VBus: 300VDC
  • Bus cap: 10mF
  • CW mode at 2KW
  • Rev: 3
  • VBus: 220v @50Hz
  • Half wave, No smoothing
  • Power draw ~700W
  • Rev: 3
  • VBus: 110v
  • Bus cap: 880uF
  • CW mode with FM music modulation
  • Rev: 2
  • VBus: 220v @100Hz
  • Full wave, No smoothing
  • interrupted mode
  • Rev: 2
  • VBus: ~120 Vdc
  • Bus cap: 10mF
  • CW mode, with FM music
  • Current draw: ~2.5 amps (PF ~0.82)
  • Rev: 2
  • VBus: 150Vac @100Hz
  • Full wave, No smoothing
  • CW mode
  • Current draw: ~3.5 amps (PF ~1)
  • Rev: 2
  • VBus: 150Vac @100Hz
  • Full wave, No smoothing
  • CW mode
  • Current draw: ~3.5 amps (PF ~1)
  • Rev: 2
  • VBus: 110v
  • Bus cap: 880uF
  • interrupted mode
  • Rev: 2
  • Death of the secondary coil :(
  • Internal flashover that broke the pipe dielectric
  • Rev: 2

Videos

V2

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Parts

V1

This was my first design that I didn't continue as I realized that it has some inherent flaws and it's better to start from scratch.
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