Yes i also tried with 55w 12v halogen transformer and it worked very well. Thanks for u r suggestion.

I tried this as you when I was in junior high school and I found if you connect a CBB capacitor in series with the winding, the transformer will be harder to get burnt.🤣

@@uecmitsuimarinedieselengin873 i used the same transformer for induction heater,for 4-5 times it worked well but after it was destroyed.

My transformer was not working

Did he not say needed higher frequency than the 50/60 hertz that a transformer would supply?

@@CravenMoorhead Yeah, I didn't hear it and didn't know at the time :)

Nope it must run on khz not hz alectric transformer has rating of 50-60hz and flyback transformer need kilohertz

Exactly...I also not heard 12 volt fluorescent ballast...

I'm using a single lamp ballast and my arcs aren't nearly that big, and also have 12 coils. 6 coils looked more like static

You are correct sir, I used the same kind after burning out several 120v ballasts. Works well but needs a heat seek, they get really hot really fast.

+Elecifun Iĺl try

The metal clip is what not only holds the two halves of the C-core together, but also keeps the tiny precision air gap spacers in place. Without the clip the spacer on the outside may fall out, altering the performance of the flyback. I've read some things and even done some experiments that indicate that performance gains can be had by altering or even eliminating the air gaps, but there's really no benefit to having the cores randomly falling out all the time. If you energize the circuit without the clip in place the magnetic flux in the core will tend to draw the two halves together, but since it's a rapidly changing field, the two halves will chatter at some multiple of the driving frequency. When that frequency is below 20kHz it sounds more like a squealing hiss. When it's above that frequency you may not even hear it but in general it will gradually wear away the surfaces where they meet. Not recommended.

+Gotin Fuklio You mean the base will not be connected ?

Ludic Science yes, absolutely. the base just hangs around connected nowhere. you just might use it for the initial start, but its easier and safer to use the collector. leave the base alone and scratch the collector and emitter with tin foil for a milisecond

+Gotin Fuklio gotta try that

Wrong

You can see it by breakdown voltage stadistics

2cm

No,tesla coils use pulsed (AC like) DC ,so use a spark gap and it should work,sine wave AC will not work(not sure about squarewave AC),whatever you do you need abrupt pulses not smooth wave,they actualy work through back EMF. I hope it helps.

@@DJDome123 Thanks for the reply, I'll continue experimenting with flyback as driver configuration. I have a few neon sign transformers, but I want to build a smaller tesla coil with a flyback.

Hello again ,i actualy forgot to mention one more important detail, you need rotating spark gap or some other tipe of actuated spark gap,simple one wont work,it will just create a stable DC spark.

Matthew Kevin Kumar because the voltage is very high. Thats the reason why you make your own coil

It worked ok?

+Ludic Science I don't understand what you mean by the statement...

A transformer consists of two coils he only used the one of them and then created his own.

normal ballast do not work well, try with a halogen ballast

+Ludic Science thanks for your information..... did I burned my flyback? i don't if the secondary coil is burned

Yes you can do that

AndrejMaster I think you never foubd out

+P0tat07 yes you can fear-of-lightning.wonderhowto.com/how-to/high-voltage-happiness-make-negative-ion-generator-0133359/

Yes you can

AFAIK the voltage breakdown of air is 1kv per mm

@@eppp Wikipedia says that it is 3 Kv per mm? "Although air is normally an excellent insulator, when stressed by a sufficiently high voltage (an electric field of about 3 x 106 V/m or 3 kV/mm[2]), air can begin to break down, becoming partially conductive." Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_breakdown

+Bobby Tectalabyss Voltech 60 w, 12 v thanks

+Ludic Science Thank you very much for the fast reply. I really enjoy your how to videos. All my best. Bobby

+Bobby Tectalabyss Note that at 1:30 he says "the house outlet, 120 Volts". If you live in a country with 240V mains, you'd need a different model. Well, I think so....

Update: It's the ballast, you will need an Instant start ballast, I was using a rapid start ballast. I didn't think it made a difference but it does

Yes there is no problem

mediaguardian its 60megahertz

Danquah Samuel remove the metal clip on flyback because with clip need too many power for driver

that´s a common problem. try cutting the unused pins and apply wax or other insulator. Best solution is to immerse the whole flyback in oil

+TechnoWizard around 5 to 10

No, because this output is pulsed DC

1ma

+codebeard useless in this case, they are for TV controls

The ballast works with 120 V AC and the output is 12V

Ludic Science he is not very bright is he😂

Work

+Hans Hendrix yes

small solids ferite core

both work

As far as ik some are a.c. output and some are dc, ik for a fact some have diodes to output dc but I'm not sure the smaller kinds have that

Approx 1mm equals 1000 volts.

to measure hv output use a hv resistor devider

I believe he's looking for the amperes. Not the voltage

Will burn in no time

i dont think they affect the output voltage (sadly) from what i have tried

Why would you do that

+Commander Riley No. inductive ballasts work at line frequency, 50-60 hz, flybacks need high frequency.

Ludic Science Oh...Ok thanks

yes

+Ludic Science Ok thanks!

AC 12v

Yes

Yes you can

nope

What is a condesator? 😅