Product Description

Invented by Nikola Tesla in 1891, the Tesla coil can boost power from a wall socket or battery to millions of high-frequency volts. Here is how Tesla built it and how you can from off-the-shelf parts. Meet the beer-bottle capacitor. Lots of background on Tesla's practical applications. 27 illustrations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #229304 in Books
• Published on: 1989-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 28 pages

About the Author
Trinkaus was the editor of a series of electronics books for the schools for a major New York publisher. But now he confesses that he never really understood how electricity works until he studied Tesla. This is one in a series of Tesla titles from Trinkaus and High Voltage Press.

Customer Reviews

Construction notes to build a Tesla Coil
I have reviewed this book when I first started gathering information on Tesla coil design. Much of the information can be obtained from old reprints and other sources. George has described building a Tesla coil using househould appartatus such as Tupperware containers. If you are serious about Tesla coil construction, then this manual is probably not for you. If you want a basic understanding of the Tesla coil, this manual is reasonably priced and can rest in your bookcase along with more advanced books on the subject.

Again, this is one man's design and is probably not the most effecient coil you can build to give you the longest sparks, but it is a start to provide for a beginner. When I built my Tesla coil, I did not use the design information in this manual.

Not bad, not good
I bought this book in hopes of getting better performance out of the coil I had constructed. This gave me a decent insight on component building, namely capacitors. For the price, I will say it is not too bad, but like other reviewers have said, this is for the beginner. There are many website out there that have a wealth of knowledge as well as design notes. The best yet has calculations with built in calculator, all you do is plug in the numbers. deepfriedneon.com.
The only thing I found really interesting in this book was the authors bi-polar tesla coil. Again, this is not for someone who has already built a few coils.

Excellent Tesla Coil resource.
With all of the designs for tesla coils circulating the internet I was curious why I should pay $10 for this book. I was pleasantly surprised. The detail and simplicity of the book make it a great beginners guide. I am using the authors general design but altering it in some ways to give it my own flair. Mine is nearly complete!!
With this book you really don't need to know anything about a Tesla Coil to build one (just have some basic Algebra skills).
I highly recommend it.