Tesla Coil Research Paper

The Tesla Coil is a very enthralling invention created by Nikola Tesla in 1891. The high voltage, high frequency output of the amazing machine can cause strange effects in all sorts of materials. Though not a well known invention, the Tesla Coil plays a gigantic role in television and radio today. How does it work? What materials are used to make it? How can it be used today? And overall who was Nikola Tesla? The Tesla Coil is comprised of the following materials: a chassis, frame, cabinet or enclosure, a power cord to plug into the wall outlet or main wiring, a power switch, variac line filter, power supply, Power factor correction caps, Neon sign transmitter filter, spark gap materials, primary capacitors, bleeder resistors, and primary coil materials. Some other parts that help the magnificent machine work are as follows: PVC pipe, magnet wire, Top load materials, ground rod, high voltage wire to ensure the components are connected or low-resistance wire for spark plugs, plywood or plexiglas …show more content…
Instead of reducing voltage, it increases it. This is called a transformer. It has two main sets of windings, a primary winding and a secondary winding. The difference in the number of turns in each winding determines if the voltage out will be higher or lower than the voltage in and by how much. A Tesla Coil has very few turns on the primary (input) side, and many turns on the secondary (output) side. This increases the voltage tremendously. But a Tesla Coil does much more then increase voltage, it increases frequency. The capacitor and spark gap work together to create a very high frequency pulse to drive the primary coil. Tesla designed it this way because once you create very high voltage electricity at a very high frequency, you can create a field of energy that you can transmit power with. All of this was running through Nikola's head as he designed the amazing invention