That's a very impressive output for its size Edit: thanks a lot for the video, I managed to make it almost entirely out of reused parts. While I didn't get an output as high as yours, I did manage to get some arcs which is satisfying enough for now. And btw, you weren't joking when you said it gets hot, had to use a powerful computer fan with a microwave power transistor heatsink to keep the MOSFET somewhat cool. Very cool build, once again, thank you.

One of the simplest and most concise Tesla Coil builds I've found. Well done!

Sometimes I have no idea what you're talking about, but I love it nevertheless

@KeystoneScience

7 жыл бұрын

+Brad G (thehmsbros) haha yeah I use a random word generator sometimes

@Hanzomo

7 жыл бұрын

Brad G I am in the second year of my apprenticeship as a mechatronics technician and i still don't know what he is talking about :D

@ericcartmann

7 жыл бұрын

This is electrical engineering. Anyone in who studies EE knows what he's talking about.

@ToxicBananaFish

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 12 and I understand this stuff just fine, although, to be fair, I had no friends in third grade so I read a lot of books.

@wolfgangboettcher3126

Жыл бұрын

Okay ich habe diese spule

Hey, as a kid who really wants to learn this and tinker, I was wondering if you could make an "intro to electronics" video where you go over the basics, since these kinds of things are hard when you don't know how or where to start. Thanks! Love what you're doing!

@screengames5307

7 жыл бұрын

Watch GreatScott. I'm thirteen and he got me into electronics last year.

@SkywardPvP

7 жыл бұрын

Nate Greatscott, electronics.stackexchange, buy books

@roznothejon

7 жыл бұрын

ScreenGames yeah me too great scott is awesome (and i think he is German)

@screengames5307

7 жыл бұрын

+RADOVSKY QUEK Yeah he is

@jamessmith9747

7 жыл бұрын

Great Scott is the best!! :)

Hey man love the video - I tried making a Tesla coil about a year ago with no luck and after some trial and error and messing around with the circuit u used I finally built a functioning coil - thanks again brother and keep up the great work!

Thank you sooooo much for this video, I've tried building a tesla coil many times and ended up failing, but then I found your video, where you show how to build the easiest circuit and tesla coil i've ever seen. Thanks to your video, I have ended up with succsess.

These projects are always so cool! You make it look so easy!!!

this is the tesla coil i searched 1 year for thank you!!

I just stumbled across this video and had all the parts needed to make it. thank you for making a tutorial. I like high voltage.

I know what you are talking about and I like the way you simplified things without disregarding safety.

cool videos man, i really appreciate the fact that you walked us through the circuit making.

Great work, nearly at 100k, hope you get the play button soon, you definitely deserve it!: )

I love your videos keystone, it has become like a hobby for me ... electrical engineering science is the best!

thank you, that is exactly what I have been trying to build!

Tesla coil instructions r g8ly appreciated👌🍻

Just wanted to say that I think Your awesome ... and wanted to Thankyou for sharing all your knowledge. I love your quirky personality, it makes your videos fun and the comical side makes you even better to watch you are giving science a new age twist (simply by being yourself) 😁 and I feel this brings people to the subject of science who would of been more likely to bypass science thinking they lack any interest in it.. but you sir I am sure have turned many heads and started them as heads thinking science and that's to be commended so thankyou for all your work and all you will continue to do just no it doesn't go unappreciated ... keep up the good work Tesla would be proud ppl like you keeping the energy of his essence alive Love and light 😇

Your channel has blown up fast congrats love your videos

Amazing! So intelligent yet simple. Stuff that could have been done with those old Radio Shack electronics kits!

@Antbal-sf2wy

5 жыл бұрын

Rip radio shack

Dude. You're Almost at 100,000 Subscribers. Congrats. You Really Deserve It. How Do You Manage Your Time So Well?

This was awesome, and I'm SO looking forward to your video on how to make a musical one... I've been wanting to do that for years.

Thanks. it worked very well with a 30v 10A variable power supply. At 30V, it draws about 1 to 2A current so the tiny 1k potentiometer (rated 0.5W?) gets too hot. I would replace it by a large wirewound potentiometer. The mosfet is cold at 30V. But when I replaced the discharge wire by a toroid top load, it stopped the corona discharge and blew the mosfet. So the point discharge wire is necessary for the Slayer exciter circuit.

the perfect example of how to make a Tesla coil thank you very very much

Thank you Keystone science for inspiring me to build this project, I actually have already make this circuit using IRFP 260N MOSFET, it works great, but even greater when you connect the source of the MOSFET to earth ground, i thought this because when Iam building a tesla coil with spark gaps, you need to connect the bottom end of the secondary coil to earth ground to close the circuits, and so I applied that to a solid state one , and it also works great.

this is what i waiting for.. a powerful circuit for tesla coil.... awsome boy keep on work !!!!!

cant even watch a 2017 vid without corona in it 5:33

@soorajsajikumar5580

3 жыл бұрын

Brrruuuhhhh

The best SSCT I have seen. It works perfectly and its very powerfull. My coil has 1000 turns. But I think I have fried my router and it was in other room and 5 or 6 meters away!!

Subscribed for this and the Microwave Gun.

Awesome video dude! Will bring this to the desk of elementary students I teach, but with battery 👍😁

this is a slick video, glad to finally see it

you should consider doing a video on the basics of circuits and what the parts do to help aspiring scientists like myself, great vid keep it up :)

I like the rapid pace

I like it very much.. the parts are easily available and can build it easily.... awesome.

Great work and solid explanation, as always.

@KeystoneScience

7 жыл бұрын

+Tommy Callaway thank you tommy!

This man is a genius

also, you may want to layer your secondary coil with varnish or lacquer. This protects the wire from damage and the wires slowly loosening from seasonal temperature change.

You're talented man

Cool fountain pen!

Oh man I was so in awe by the light bulb that when the cap popped I almost shit myself.

congrats on 100k!!!!!

cool build

nice videos man keep up the good work

@KeystoneScience

7 жыл бұрын

+kamakazi ({PoRn-HuB}) thanks!

Love all your videos

@KeystoneScience

7 жыл бұрын

+Treda Coolpants thanks! :D

fountain pen == subscribed :D great video man!

cool stuff man

congrats on 100k

I love you you make cool stuff and you use a fountain pen

I really like your content, and you explain everything pretty well, but could you consider explaining how to determine the exact values of components? I understand basic stuff like ohms law, but with inductors and capacitors i have some trouble figuring it out

Nice simple design, looks great for demonstrations. Seems to be more like an Oudin coil than a Tesla coil (which is fine - Oudin coils seem to be safer to play with).

I really love your videos, always clear, concise, and most importantly cool! I want to build this out of parts I have laying around. Would a microwave capacitor work for the tank capacitor? I know they don't typically work for high frequency that well, but they're the only 1uF caps I have. I also have 10, so destroying one is meh. Also would .68uF or 1.37uF work? I have a .68uF and .69uF microwave cap I especially don't care about. As for my power transistor I have two 2N3055s already on a heatsink in parallel with a .05 Ohm 5 watt resistor in series with each emitter. Will it still work being that BJTs are more current driven than mosfets? Or do I just need to increase the current capacity of the potential divider? I have two 2 watt 33 Ohm resistors, would 33 Ohms be acceptable for R1, or should I put them in series? I'll have to find a 0-1kOhm rheostat (to avoid overheating) though. Thanks!

I made same circuit 3weeks ago with 1260turns on secondary ! 3cm spark ! now im working on vacuum tube tesla coil ,811a tube

yes thank you please do that big test coil I've been I've been looking all over KZread cannot find one that explains it's good enough as you keep up the videos and

Wicked cool. I’m going to try it

I raelly like your explanation it was awesome.

Hi could you do a video on boost converters, and also how to fix the shorting problem, like I put a wire across my output and the boost converter turns off, and so I'm wondering how I can power a slayer excited when my boost converter keep turning off or flashing

Thank you dude

Hey, again. For your big tesla coil, could you try to do a single transistor SSTC with a interrupter/ audio modulator? MatesHV2 made a good one and posted a schematic.

Lol listen at half speed everyone it's hilarious. He sounds all drunk

Awesome.., amazing👍

i know a lot of people complained about you talking too fast, that never bothered me before, but its good to see you slow it down a bit, i wish you and your channel the best, really enjoy your content. btw: do you call your channel "keystone science" because you are in Pennsylvania, because of the "keystone state" just curious, i live in PA. anyway, good work, love the channel, keep up the good work.

love this channel

Would u mind explaining what is the use of the capacitor in the circuit?? and u r using the voltage divider because the mosfet has a gate-drain capacitance right?so the feedback from the secondary is just enough to change the voltage at gate betwwen its cutoff and saturated state??

you mad genius!!!

I think that if you have a larger top load it will generate a larger visible plasma thing because the large object will become magnetic while it's on, thus increasing the range

@Wolf-yp2qk

7 жыл бұрын

Sawyer H Actually, yeah it would increase the range, but the arcs would no longer be visible without drawing then out with a piece of metal.

Great circuit! What was the current draw at 20 Volts and 30 Volts? Thanks!

What power supply I can use as I don't have a variable power supply??? What Volt and Ampere should be ??

Nice video. I finaly build it and it works fantasticly. Thank you for the instuction. I tried it out with 18 V from battery but it didn´t work.

it wood be cool to see you make or mod a plasma ball

Hello sir very good your video i want to know something please I would like to know if on the secondary coil If I put more wires is what is good or the system will explode thank you for your answer

Very cool

whoah thats crazy! I know what circuit ill be making next :)

@KeystoneScience

7 жыл бұрын

+Tesla Explorer haha xD , all your tesla coils are so much better though :D

thanks it really works I made same as you, it is working very good

cool video i just Subscribed

thank you

what lesson should i learn so i can understand what you mean and what the blueprint means?

I saw that there was a heatsink use dso I just wanted to ask that is the fan in a heatsink compulsory to use ?

Plug in laptop power supplies only provide 5 volts though, you think a booster will be sufficient?

I would love some kind of intro to circuit diagrams, or something similar!

100,000 subs great job..

@vladimir7838

7 жыл бұрын

congrats!!

That heatsink is a monster.

nice watch!

Sir great job I like how to explain u I don't sea any that explain just like u .sir great vidio

If I increase the amount of turns on the secondary coil. Would it so just be more power full or would transistor burn out? Plz answer

This is a cute little coil, nice! As a suggestion, you might try adding a high-power zener diode across the mosfet gate and source to limit the voltage, rather than just a resistor network, although i suspect you'll still need a relatively low-value resistor from VCC to the gate for bias, as with a vacuum tube tesla coil.

@franklopez9903

5 жыл бұрын

Liam Taylor How about addinh some flyback diode in parallel of primary coil?

@rupeshpatil5568

2 жыл бұрын

@@franklopez9903 Great idea the transistor will be protected by the back EMF of the coil

Is there a difference between a mosfet and power transistor? They seem to function the same, or are they even just different names for the same thing? also, whether its power transistor or mosfet you say it doesn't matter what you use, and im just curious why.Thanks.

Im really new to electronics, and I am just curious, what is the purpose of the potentiometer / transistor part of the circuit? What would happen if one were to ignore it? Would the circuit burn itself out?

is it fine to use irfz44n mosfet rather that one you used? was it a n channel ?

@shoaibakhtar2484

6 жыл бұрын

r!shi kesh, yes it was a N channel mosfet

hey nice watch, i have the same one but i need to ask are you left handed? I'm not and I'm right handed and its always considered weird when i wear it because i wear it on my right arm too

I managed to get it to work but my irfp260n mosfets keep burning up after about 3 minutes of combined running. i am using an electrolytic capacitor because i dont have big ceramic ones but it seems to only get a little hot at 20 volts for a short period. what could cause the mosfet to burn up? (i changed the 50 ohm resistor for a 100 ohm one, rest is the same)

does circuit ground have to be connected to earth for the arcs to appeare in mid air?

Nice Tie!

@KeystoneScience

7 жыл бұрын

+Jason Baker thanks! :D

@ibyz786boss8

7 жыл бұрын

Keystone Science what capacitor did you use

I watched you for a while I do see you as a genius and tried some of your experiments bark I haven't seen you make a lad bench power supply maybe you can speak about it because I like seen it you make things out of scrap TVs

so good

Awesome instructional! Does the gauge of the primary coil wire matter? I am using 22 AWG for the primary and 30 AWG for the secondary. Would that suffice? I'm also using an IRFP460 for future scaling. You should see the size of the heatsink I've got for that MOSFET.

@yiannisyiannis

10 ай бұрын

Hello there. Have you made the circuit with IRFP460 because I currently only have 460 and I want to know if it works!?

@sto.tomastristanmanuelt.7070

6 ай бұрын

there are many circuits that uses irf460 mosfet, in fact it is mostly recommended because of its high ratings@@yiannisyiannis

Will it still work if I scale it up? I've built a small one and it works, but I was thinkg of building a bigger one: 5.5cm radius, 1000 turns, 0.5mm wire, 50 cm height for the secondary and about 5.5 turns, 1.5mm wire with 1mm spacing between the turns for the primary. This coil works with my sparkgap setup (makes 4-5 cm arcs) but will it work with this circuit too? Thanks!

Let's my boost converter can output 80v, will this Tesla Coil still run? Or just blowup the transistor

Mate I just listen coz I got no idea what you are saying,but it sounds legit...and very cool. Suggestion please could you show us how to make a flux capacitor,,?

Hey Nate, I've been watching a few of your vids and have been kinda building some projects from them.... They're pretty cool videos.... anyway...am I right in thinking a High frequency NPN power transister (e.g. W3040) should also work with this circuit? I built a very basic slayer exciter with about 650 turns of 32awg wire (diameter 60mm) and a 3 turn primary. I am using the W3040 transister but the arcs are pretty small even with 19v. I have an LED and 2k resister connected to the base (as described in a few vids) but it does not come on (checked for polarity and it isn't burnt out). Could you give me some advice as to changes I could make? The unit works as a Tesla.... it does transmit power and illuminates bulgs etc, but the arcage is just so small.... Thanks a lot in advance.... I do enjoy your vids a lot.

@matthewcampbell7153

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry... it was a bit forward of me... The slayer works just fine, I forgot about the parasitic capacitance and that the LED would go out if there is breakout of the corona. I am getting enough arc to further my experiments into electrostatics... Thanks Nate... I wish you every success in your endevours...

you speak really fast, are you a rapper?

@AAAyyyGGG

7 жыл бұрын

mirror speaker 1 he knows we're really busy and haven't got much time to watch videos!! :-)

@theterrarian591

7 жыл бұрын

for me he is talking kinda slow.

@mareksvrcina5279

6 жыл бұрын

The Terrarian you are extra fast

@texasblaze1016

6 жыл бұрын

Hes too well educated to be a rapper.

@anonrider8870

6 жыл бұрын

i dont really think that it is fast, i think other youtubers are slow for me personaly it is normal speed

Can you show how to make a boost converter for this (like you said at the end)

hi. sir please tell me if we can use IRFP150N MOSFET in this the Tesla coil