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A Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high frequency alternating-current electricity. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil

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Why are sparks coming out of the bottom of my Tesla coil secondary?

I built a very basic tesla coil and I'm getting sparks out of the secondary bottom instead of the breakout point in the top. The bottom of the secondary is not connected to anything. The top is connec …
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Why are MOSFETs switching at a different speed than the one they are being driven at?

I used a 555 oscillator to drive a MOSFET array for my entry-level tesla coil setup. When I measure the frequency at the driver output (Location #2) everything seems normal. When I measure it at the M …
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