Exploring High Voltage Electronics: From Tesla Coils to HV Power Supplies

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Currently a student in year 11 (Australian equivalent of high school junior?), interested in becoming an electrical engineer.
 
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Welcome to PF!

Thats great, what type of electronics are you interested in?
 
jedishrfu said:
Welcome to PF!

Thats great, what type of electronics are you interested in?

At the moment, messing around with high voltages (lasers, tesla coils, lightning globes etc), actually I am in the process of attempting to design a hv psu (at least 30kv output), just had to jump way back to square one because I realized that 1626300 ohms worth of potential divider would probably fail spectacularly at dissipating enough heat to keep itself in one piece (trying to keep output current at 10-20milliamps). Now I'm trying to figure out how to build a diy auto-transformer for it instead.

Other than that I have a copy of the ARRL handbook and I'm studying for an advanced amateur radio license.
 
Hello fellow Physics enthusiasts, I am an aeronautical engineering graduate (Bachelor's) who is interested in Physics and Mathematics, and I have been re-learning all the basics. I wanted to join a science forum, especially one dedicated to Physics and maths, to apply these subjects to my engineering studies. I hope to learn a lot through this forum. Thank you for your warm welcome.
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