oneTesla

It's been roughly two and a half years since I got the kit at MIT Splash 2012, but after lots of debugging I recently got it working! I had to make some modifications to the interrupter to get it to work with the v.1 interrupter firmware.


Here are a couple videos:



and a .gif for fun:


I'm thinking about buying a spun aluminum toroid to prevent the sparks flying in other directions.

Great to see you got it working! Let it be known that persistence is key

Thanks again for being one of our earliest testers at MIT Splash back in 2012.

did you make a new secondary? it looks a bit green

I'm actually still using the inner tube toroid haha just spent a while laying down the aluminum tape carefully and smooth.

I think I got the one turquoise secondary at MIT Splash, the rest were copper colored.

I might retape my toroid since buying one costs $60 + shipping. It's kinda tough to keep it smooth though since the tube deflates with time.

at one point I did make a toroid with 14 awg solid core wire and it had the same capacitance.