Links

Maybe you're interested in building a TC as well, or maybe you just want to check out some "plasma porn". Here are some of the best Tesla/high-voltage websites I found:

Information resources

Safety is paramount http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/Safety/safety.htm
Check out the TC Mailing list (plenty links here too) http://www.pupman.com/
The .HV forum http://www.4hv.org/
Tesla Coil Builders of the United Kingdom http://www.tcbouk.org.uk/
VoltNet has basic theory and links http://www.voltnet.com/tesla/
Hot-Streamer.Com hosts dozens of Tesla sites
including the great Terry Fritz's. Check it out.
http://www.hot-streamer.com/

Solid-state coiling

Solid state Tesla Coils by thedatastream.
He's got bricks, and I'm afraid he'll use them.
http://thedatastream.4hv.org/teslacoils.html
Jimmy Hynes, builder of the mighty DRSSTC.
Currently the most powerful SSTC in the world.
http://www.hot-streamer.com/chunkyboy86/
Richie Burnett (great spark gap stuff too) http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/
Jan Wagner SSTC design guide http://www.hut.fi/~jwagner/tesla/tc-plans.htm
Derek Woodroffe (he's actually built an OLTC) http://www.roffesoft.com/tesla/

Other TC stuff

Matt Behrend has a great Tesla Coil theory website http://home.earthlink.net/~electronxlc/
Sam Barros has a great mini TC http://www.powerlabs.org/highvoltage.htm
However, Steve Ward's mini coil kicks its butt. http://hot-streamer.com/srward16/MiniCoil.htm
Richie Burnett has advanced in-depth theory http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/
Jan Wagner has a good design guide http://www.hut.fi/~jwagner/tesla/tc-plans.htm
Hvguy.com has some pretty extreme TC action http://www.hvguy.com/
Gary Lau has two fine Tesla coils and some
tremendous spark pictures.
http://www.laushaus.com/tesla/
Check out Tesla Technology Research's scale model of
the Colorado Springs transmitter. It gives sparks 55 feet
long! Run away!
http://www.ttr.com/model13.html
Lightning On Demand: Makers of the famous "Electrum" coil
and your gateway to the West-Coast-Techno-Art-Mad-Max-
Destructo-Geek scene
http://www.lod.org/
kVA Effects
Tesla Coil specialists, lightning effects for TV, film, etc.
Watch the nightclub scene in the movie 'xXx'
http://www.teslacoil.com
The incredible Trashy Tesla: A Tesla Coil made entirely
from dumpster divings.
http://www.angelfire.com/80s/sixmhz/trashy.html
Jochen Kronjaeger's HV pages: Good information on
transformers etc.
http://www.kronjaeger.com/hv/index.html
Mike's Electric Stuff http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/
HVFX: British company that do Tesla coil effects
Home of "Thor", Europe's most powerful coil
http://www.hvfx.co.uk/
Legion Electric
These guys sell ready-made Tesla coils. Legend has it that
founder Steve Rodway once accidentally touched a live
pole pig.
http://www.legion-elec.demon.co.uk/
Read about his pole pig encounter here http://www.pupman.com/safety2.htm
Did you know that Tesla coils were once tried as a
"cure" for Gonorrhea?
http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com/
And finally a splendid collection of someone
else's links!
http://www.aquila.net/berthickman/frames/links.html

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