Main Stuff Complete

Here is the final configuration minus the strike protection rail.

New Toroid vs Old Toroid

Finally Finished the Toroid!

Here is a picture of the completed toroid. It only took me about an hour and a half to finish the last third of it. I finally started getting the hang of it!

Side view of the finished toroid.

Toroid Update

Finishing up the application of aluminum foil tape on the toroid is turning out to take a very long time. I am currently at the halfway mark and I have probably spent 6 to 8 hours on that. Making sure that the tape lines up correctly in relation to the previously applied tape is what is taking so much time. Hopefully the last half will go faster since I have a system down. Time will tell...

Toroid Pictures

Here are some pictures of the progress of the toroidal discharge terminal.

Close-up of the mechanical connection point of the toroid to the secondary. This is just a standard plumbing flange.

This toroid is made of 7" flexible dryer ducting formed into a 29" ring. Aluminum foil covered 0.25" plywood is what the center is made from. The ducting has a layer of packaging tape on it to smooth out the rough edges some and then aluminum tape is placed on top of that. In this picture, the toroid is about 1/3 of the way done with the aluminum tape.

This is the partially finished toroid sitting on top of the Tesla Coil.

More Detailed Pics

Primary supports holding part of the primary. Still need to add more turns to the primary because my tuning point is at about 14 to 15 turns and this is only 11 turns.

Top view of primary showing transition to bottom of base

Comparison of old secondary to new secondary (4.5" on left, 8.5" on right)

Current Configuration

Purpose for this Blog

Welcome to my Tesla Coil place. The purpose of this blog is show the progress of my Tesla Coil upgrade that I am working on to take my old 2 kW 4.5" secondary Tesla Coil and optimizing it for the 2 kW power supply by making a larger 8.5" secondary. I will hopefully post a lot of pictures to help visualize my progress. I also will post miscellaneous stuff that may be on my mind. Hope you enjoy this blog.

Jeremy