Recent content by toonamo

I did. Most of them were about traditional tesla coils off 110 and a spark gap. I am trying to make dc work with a square wave.

I did google the transitor and connected it based on what I found. I also tested it with a multimeter and it seems to be fine. If I put a meter on the output I should get voltage right?

I attempted to build a tesla coil with a 555 timer but seemed to have failed some where. Perhaps you could take a look and give me some hints on what to try in order to make it work. I attached some pictures as well. I made the secondary coil on a 1/2 (.875 OD) pvc pipe with a 10 to 1 ratio...