DIY 50,000 Volt Arc Lighter Powered Tesla Coil (ft. Integza)

Equal parts Arc lighter, ancient tech, and modern design, this is the ultimate DIY palm-sized Tesla Coil. A one day build, this coil provides up to 50,000 volts, and is fully rechargeable. This build is meant for those who have experience with high voltage. So, what are you waiting for? Tesla is calling! #Tesla #DIY #hack
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Music beginning & end:
Track: Sock it to them - Paul flint [NCS release]

Music during powerlines clip:
Track: Patrick Patrikios - The Awakening

Background music 1:
Track: Light Years Away - Melrose At Midnight [NCS Release]

Background music 2
Track: NIVIRO - Flares [NCS Release]
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Background music 3:
Track: Morley and Speo - Hope [NCS]

Build montage music 1:
Track: Chime - Phototropic [NCS Release]
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Build montage music 2:
Track: ROY KNOX x Tim Beeren - Save Me (Feat. Svniivan) [NCS Release]
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Intro screen music:
Track: Summer Was Fun & Laura Brehm - Prism [NCS Release]
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DO NOT attempt to repeat my demonstrations, without prior knowledge of electrical or fire safety. I do not hold responsibility or liability for damage or injury incurred by copying results seen in my videos. High voltage is not for those new to electricity!

***MAJOR PARTS USED IN THE VIDEO***

Plasma Arc Lighter Tesla Coil DIY HOW TO

[integza]

Tape is able to protect from corona?? I'M CALLING CHINA!










It was great working with you, Jay!

[tzkelley]

I wish my grandfather were still alive. He was a high voltage transformer engineer for Westinghouse and, when he was very young, he worked for Tesla. I sure would love to pick his brain about these projects while I build them.

[robertcortright]

My favorite part is when he asked for donations by suggesting they will encourage longer, more frequent uploads. That's so true and honest! Much better than the manipulative ways other channel hosts solicit donations. 10/10 overall rating for this guy and his channel!

[davidh.]

This one is very interesting. The arc lighter is itself a tesla coil. Instead of a spark gap it uses a transistor with a DC power input (the rechargeable battery in the lighter) to form a high frequency self oscillating circuit to drive the primary coil of the transformer in the lighter. That results in high voltage high frequency AC on the output of the plasma lighter. This is why the plasma lighter could be used for the power supply for the lightning tower build (Cockroft-Walton voltage multiplier). Now, since the output of the arc lighter is AC, you have to include the high voltage diode in your tesla coil primary circuit as a half wave rectifier because you want to charge the capacitor with a high DC voltage. So essentially the plasma lighter high voltage AC output gets rectified by the high voltage diode and charges your high voltage capacitor every half cycle. Once the capacitor voltage gets high enough to break down the spark gap, a spark jumps the gap and the gap becomes very conductive (almost like the gap was shorted). The stored voltage in the capacitor can now discharge across the spark gap and through the tesla coil primary coil. As that stored energy is suddenly dumped across your tesla coil primary, it results in an even higher voltage on the tesla coil secondary. Voila! A tesla coil powering a tesla coil! Very nice!

[mehmetinlaboratuvar]

I love how cool your devices look. You show everyone science can be so cool and fun besides being important.

[timovneerden]

It looks so clean and smooth, it’s beautiful!

[nigel-matthews]

Awesome video! Really looking forward to this build. That was a pretty cool perk for being a patron too - thanks Jay!

[erygion]

I've been with this channel for years Jay and I'm never disappointed. I really ought to make one of these someday as well as that lightning detector circuit, so cool. Thank you for another great video.

[justinbanks]

Another great, clean design for a coil!!!

It's like Christmas every time you drop a video. I can't ever hit play fast enough!

Going back for a second watch!

Did you find any preference of one lighter vs another? Or are they all comparable?

[Electronic]

Beautiful build! There is just something so satisfying about tiny Tesla coils! Great job!

[omkr]

"As a former Tesla trooper, I am very happy with this video!" - Lt. Surge, 7th Electric Pokemon Army.

[TheCrazzyToobinator]

This is a pretty neat project, I love how simple these are to build in fact I built something not much bigger over a year ago but I used a small flyback transformer from a 5" tv set and just a simple mosfet driver to drive the trasnformer. I have also learned that you can use the inverter transformers from old LCD TV's as well which are not hard to come across these days. The arcs are about the same in size but have more thickness to them and don't dare to touch it lol. I am hoping to tweak the tuning a bit more in the future to hopefully get larger arcs. To power it I am using 3 18650's in series to get around 12V and what is really fun about something like this is how the principle of function pretty much stays the same once you have a HV source to work with.

[donaldarsenault]

"the ultimate arc lighter hack"

styropyro: hold my beer

[aplacetoimproveteslacoilin]

Arc lighter powered Tesla coil is a device that uses an arc lighter to create a spark that powers the Tesla coil. The arc lighter is connected to the primary winding of the Tesla coil, and when the arc is struck, it provides power to the coil. This allows the Tesla coil to create a high-voltage discharge, which can be used for various purposes such as lighting cigarettes or creating an electric arc.

The arc lighter powered Tesla coil is a simple and easy-to-build device that can be used for many different purposes. It is a great project for anyone who is interested in electronics or physics, and it can be used to teach basic concepts about electricity and magnetism. The Tesla coil can also be used for demonstrations or experiments, and it can be modified to create different effects.

[power-max]

Some improvement ideas:
* remove the bottom conductor, it is acting a short-circuited L3 coil, and robbing the secondary of power.
* tune the primary to closer match the secondary. Not sure how 3nF and that small primary match up to the secondary, my guess is that the coil operates at 2MHz.
* try adding more turns of thinner wire. For a coil this size I would use 30AWG or as thin as you can tolerate. The current is low anyway so more turns will result in higher output voltages.
* Fatten the secondary a bit so each turn has more inductance and the larger diameter means better coupling between primary and secondary. More important with SSTC designs though.

[KINGCAIMAN]

I have never seen someone try so hard to look just chill dude

[masternovahlavoie]

When you are hit in the head by the box delivery... I had to pause the video because I was laughing so hard.
Well done! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[FilosophicalPharmer]

Greatest thing about this video for me is seeing Jay spill his tea when he is thinking of something else. “Great minds spill alike.”

[bcikablam]

Epic, easy to understand and smoothly edited video, as always!

[fabio]

Your friend is Portuguese!!!! He shipped the 3d printed parts in a CTT box (portuguese mail courrier) . Hello from Portugal and congrats for a very instructive channel :)