The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com Tesla "Pancake Coils": Redefining Tesla Technologies |
![]() Brass Stationary Quenched Spark Gap (Gap distance: .030") ![]() ![]() Brass Adjustable Quenched Spark Gap with Aluminum Heat Sinks (Gap distance: .001" - .010") |
![]() Reproduction Multilayered-Conical Coils 3500V 30mA Transformer (External) .05MFD 4000W Oil-Filled Capacitor 5/16" Diameter Self-Cooled Tungsten Spark Gap Pancake Coils: 7" Diameter, Multilayered Conical Insulation: Beeswax + Rosin Input power: 100-200 Watts @ 110VAC |
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Reproduction Kinraide-Jackson Coils For Producing
Effluves ("St. Elmo's Fire") 3500V 30mA Neon Sign Transformer .056 MFD 4000V Mica Capacitor 1/4" Diameter Tungsten Self-Cooled Spark Gap 10" Pancake Coils: Primaries: 2.5 turns 12 AWG 3-Conductor Romex wound in parallel Secondaries: 350 turns 31 AWG magnet wire Insulation: Paraffin Wax + Powdered Mica Input power: 50 - 100W @ 110VAC |
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Discharges: 6 - 8" Effluves with minimal sparking |
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High Powered High Voltage Pancake System: "The Tesla Coil Of The Future" - Early Testing Phase 3600V - 7200V Potential Transformer [Originally a "small" 14.4kV / 480V Pole Transformer, powered with 110V] .02 MFD Sangamo Mica Transmitting Capacitor 5-series 1/2" Tungsten Self-Cooled Spark Gap 6-Layer Reactance Coil Pancake Coils: 8" Diameter Primaries: 3.5 turns of 1/2" wide copper strap Secondaries: 175 turns of 31 AWG magnet wire Insulation: 50% Beeswax 50% Rosin Input power: 100 - 1500W @ 110V |
![]() High Power Discharge - Flaming Arc, White Color |
![]() Medium power: Note the peculiar "hot spots" on the discharges. Spark Gap is opened too far, and discharge begins to change from flaming arc to a very hot brush discharge. |
![]() Reproduction 7.5" Flat Spiral Coils Sandwiched Between Acrylic Disks (Acrylic disks alone are insufficient at high power levels) |
![]() Closeup of Ribbon Discharges, Low Power |
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Oil-Filled Kinraide Coil Reproduction (This coil is separated from the acrylic disks by 1/4" air gap that is filled with Paraffin Oil) |
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