High voltage LC resonance

Sooo, this is almost exactly a full tesla coil circuit. >:D

If only EveryCircuit could add a spark gap, however this circuit does operate the same way only difference is output frequency stays the same as the input frequency, unlike a real tesla coil

The source needs to supply over 20 amps :/

I can easily pull that from my household power, I have a welder that runs on a 240v 50 amp circuit

The thing is its 50A not 20A. So if your household power could handle it I see no problem but here in Bulgaria we can draw a maximum of 40A and is actually much lower for most people about 20A. Also this is utterly inefficient. Taka for instance a bug zapper. It still provides more than 20kV but its supply is a 9V battery with max draw of 100mA. Tesla coils are a whole different topic. They step up both the voltage and frequency to become more efficient.

Hmm thats right, no sparkgaps... Soo, just for simulations sake, could you add a well timed transistor to simulate the closing of a SG?

I do belive a transistor could be used to simulate the spark gap, I will give it a try

Nevermind a transistor will not work because this is an AC circuit

It still might work. You just need to bias is correctly. All here is for the sake of the simulation. I dont recommend doing any of this at home and also a 10MV transistor does not exist. You might give the diodes a try.

Hey, you wana make a tesla coil?

Its not worth it. They are hard to build take time and could be quite dangerous playing around with stepped up mains. I recommend you get (or build) a plasma lamp which costs less to build works from 12-9 even 5V.

*Do you wanna make a coil?*

And then when youre done playing eith plasma, take that apart and make a TC outta it xD

I would like to build a tesla coil, my current project is a homemade inverter welder/plasma cutter

If you're experienced with high voltages try but bd cautious. The thing about tesla coils is that they step up the mains which is extremely dangerous and could easily electrocute you unlike simple bug zappers or plasma lamps which often work on even 5V/500ma. As you see its one thing to draw on a battery and a whole other to draw on mains. Also if you go ahead and build it be extremely careful to not short some of the windings. Well I think thats all. I recommend doing something else though. Make a simple 9V battery blocking oscillator aka joule thief and run it through a single step up transformer. This will effectively minimize the chance of electrocution and will improve the efficiency and so on...