So try let's make a very dodgy first test of my spark gap tesla cooooiiil in the bathroooom... This man becomes a legend.

6:00 One of the transformers is burning ...let's wait half a minute

The only thing missing is Frankenstein's Monster in the tub. "It's ALIVE!"

It's so funny you're telling "something went wrong" in a completely dark room XD

DiodeGoneWild: "Is it a good idea to plug it in?" Also DiodeGoneWild: "No, so let's plug it in."

I don’t know what to say apart from, what an amazing amount of knowledge and confidence you have in this subject. Thanks for showing us these amazing experiments. I won’t be attempting to replicate.

Lol just imagine sitting on the toilet, minding your buisness, and your neighbor decides to test a god damn tesla coil and pops the breaker. Hearing those nasty sparks and then having a blackout would indeed be terrifiying

06:00 one of the transformer is cooking lets wait for the dinner to be ready.

This is so cool.... best series ever.

Probably one of the best step by step series of instructional videos on building a Tesla Coil!

Cat on vacation -- fishing.

The long awaited video is finally there and it did not disappoint. Sparks, sparks, beautiful sparks!

That was just amazing man, I would like to see this thing operate in larger space! I was exited so much that i kept saying "bloody hell" the whole time :)

*_WOW !_* *_JUST WOW !_* *_MAN ! THAT'S INSANE !_* *_WORDS, WORDS..._* *_I NEED WORDS !_* *_SERIOUSLY THOUGH, THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN ON KZfaq._* *_EVER !_* *_I AM SERIOUS GUYS !_* *_And I've been a KZfaq subscriber now for over fifteen years_* *_I AM TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY !_* All the work. All the prep. All the pre-prep All the calculations. I'm guessing there are not many people out there that fully appreciate the magnitude of what you have done here. What you have actually achieved here is quite frankly *_INCREDIBLE. FANTASTIC_* *_I really do need more words..._* But I am one of those who do. I mean, I am one of those few who does, *_fully appreciate_* what you have achieved here. I am a patron of just one other KZfaqr. You may have heard of him. *_"Mr Carlson's Lab"_* I have patronised him for just over a year now. (That sounded weird, didn't it ?) Anyway, I now have another KZfaqr to add to that. *_WAY TO GO, DiodeGoneWild_* *_WAY TO GO DUDE !_* >

Just as many others have, I've seen, read and tinkered with all manners and ideas of different types of Tesla coils, Oudin, Lahkovsky, D'Arsonval, etc.... & I must say, your 6-pack Spark-Gap TC info/build vids pack the PERFECT balance of theory, math & calculation, common sense, simple building, and safety pointers (especially for those just getting into building and theory of operation, and don't just want to see a SINGLE specific build, but trying to understand the adjustable and affecting variables within the many differences of the 'basic' Tesla coil circuit). Very nicely done my friend!! And you cat seems awesome!!! I'm sure you keep her/him nicely paid as your Quality Inspector (in treats and toys & random boxes of course 😉)😸👍

Absolutely frightening! Excellent series!

This is how I imagine Tesla would be doing his experiments, had he have remained in Serbia

2:17 "And of course now the question is: is it a good idea to plug this in? Of course it's not a good idea, but let's plug it in!" - DiodeGoneWild, April 2020 By the way: the transformer that failed at 6:00 already started burning at 5:05, the cracking noise can be heard for a brief moment.

Was the air full of Ozon gas after your experiments? That will have sanitised your bathroom properly 🤣

make a grounded circle a bit above primary, it will catch unwanted sparks and keep your capacitors and mots safe

6:02 Something is burning 🔥 30 seconds later : So let's turn it off 😂

4:44 He touch a bank of high voltage capacitors, " I hope that the discharging resistors are doing their job"

Next series: Vacuum tube tesla coil would be nice to see

That's a wonderful result. Given a little tuning and a bigger space and you will be on the weather report! Good project. Thank you for sharing the design thought process.

So satifsying after all this work. It looks great Dan!

His neighbor wondering why they see lighting strikes from his window...

This series is the best of this channel (and switching supply series of course)

Bloody hell that was AWESOME!

you have balls, sir!

Masakr. Nejlepsi prizvuk. Boze dej dalsi dil. Diky chlape!

Excellent

I've got the impression Diode can be confined for an eternity and yet never get bored ^^

Replace the 4th transformer. 8kV is love.

6:23 obviously, I would have had done that ages ago 😆

Just love this ❤️

I really like the way you explaining brother 😂 you're made my day and this project was so interesting and deadly , awesome brother please keep it up with much love and respect from india 😊

wow 😮 very interesting topic and beautiful to watch. 😊

Why do I love this channel: 3:45 Summoning the darkest devil Lucifer from the hell 3:53 "That's better" Actually, if you have neighbors, what do they think about you? :D 6:05 Starting to burn the transformer 6:24 "Let's turn it off"

You have huge confidence, bravo

You had the best tune at 4:10 for sure. Good job that was awesome. Subbed.

Please give us a "MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!" Laugh when this mad scientist experiment is running next time. Just once. I wonder if anyone saw the light coming from your bathroom window & thought someone dropped a toaster in the tub. Were you nervous plugging this in for the first time?

5kVA Tesla coil in a small bathroom:"Of course it's not a good idea, but let's plug it in!"THIS is why we watch Diodegonewild 🤣

Worth trying: start a regular washing program on your washing machine and run the coil same time :D

Nicely tuned.

You know you have a good Tesla coil when you need a bigger room to run it in :o)

This is the best home made Tesla coil in this size that I've seen. Seen lots of others and their sparks are some centimeters or such but this... daaang. So wanna create one that's 3 times this size

BLODY HEEEL!!😂😂

that's niiiiiiiiiiiiccccccceeeeee :D

wow, ust wow !!!!!!!!!!! great work of art

Bloody he'll this is amazing

That is freeking awesome my good sir. Thanks for sharing.

I really love his videos. Are very informative and useful.

see that kick into life was special.. fair play to man that class really class..

Your neighbours definetly love you :D

1:05 Litz wire, as such. Whole thing seems to work. Look forward to some experiments. Thanx.

it's nice to see the arrows that look for the metal behind the plasterboard

Impressive results

Even more salt?

Instead this man should be nursery rhyme singer .... this is diode gone wild he's an electrician now...😂🤣🤣

Great Tesla coil, it worked well. Always some R&D is needed during testing and sometimes equipment fails. I think The HV winding has shorted to the core. 8.8 kV, insulation break down.

His connection to the Force is growing stronger.

BBLOODDYY HHEELLL !

Woaw!!! horribly terribly interestingly watching from India

Bloody hell!

Good job!

absolutely crazy

Looks fantastic!

Hey great work 👍🏾 liked those continues sparks.... I think you can try something different for spark gap.. because if it is heating so badly means it is waisting lot of power , if u use fan it will just dissipate heat but might now help with sparking.. or improve efficiency

' off course it's not a good idea to plug it in.' 'so let's plug it in.'

Good job 👍

You are ready for the Terminator effect team. Hyoo you are really crazy (this is a compliment :)

I also had a problem with arcing between the primary and secondary. I basically put a whole roll of electric tape between them.

Naughty naughty!! Now open up to allow Ozone to escape!!

When the spark gap is too hot, the sparks will slowly turn into arcs and short out the high frequency energy that you wanna dump into the coils. It doesn't quench properly anymore.

(2:17) - "And of course now the question is..." "...is it a good idea to plug this in ?" *_"Of course, it's NOT a good idea but..."_* *_"LET'S PLUG IT IN !"_* Oh my days ! That just killed me ! >

Very well done sir!

i just love how this guy speaks xd

That is one janky pile of components :P! The best videos are ones where the camera gets distorted by the thing it is trying to film "One of the transformers is burning... ... ... ... ... lets turn it off" Lol amazing comedic timing

Wow, this TC is sick!

...."Something went wrong".... I died laughing!!!! Almost wet my pants!!! IGOR.... Throw the switch!!

Having had unwound too many microwave oven transformers I can say the secondary enamel is almost always degraded. The primary enamel usually survives, but the much thinner wire probably effects the enamel adherents perhaps? The primary is almost always an alloy type wire which seems much lighter than copper. Actually I just weighed one and it’s {looks at note } 192 gm I cut the cross sectional area to weigh it roughly, and it is about 950gm If we assumed a perfect half between secondary and primary {it’s not} then even if the area the primary was wound was 450gm That seems like a very light primary.

Connected using skriouuuuuuuus!

that is way crazy stuff im more scared now of even thinking about it

6:12 of course its _always_ the nicest part that burns out. Have that same issue myself.

Very nice video, I was looking for your cat and pray that it isn’t laying around 😁😁

bloody hell

And the improvements never came of courrrse

Yes, please build a spot welder with the burned transformator. Btw great video...

0:26 i love the way he says: just this crappy washinga machiiiiiiinne-a.

impressive actually and dangerous thanks :D

Very very nice

You discovered the Magic Smoke...

btw, how could the tesla coil destroy electronics when plugged in to the socket ground? does it somehow induce a very high voltage and frequency current into the ground cable that travels around to all the electronics' ground, just blasting them with a high voltage pulse? if so, how come it doesn't just return to actual ground?

Mom: Son, don't go outside, there is storm with lightnings. Son: Mom, but mister on this video makes his own lightnings, should I still be afraid? XD

Plz don't burn your house down

Neighbor s worried, whats going on? May be flux capacitor

Imagine being in a hotel, having to go to the bathroom, and when you open the door you see this inside.

Oh man, Tesla would be proud, or furious

I can’t believe your phone survived the emp pulses from it lol. That was insane lol. Was their marks on the wall from the plasma arcs lol.

That was pretty supeeeeeeer