Unveiling the Secrets of High Voltage Electric Laser Tesla Coils

In various countries around the world, there are some enthusiasts who play games of artificial lightning. The principle is actually very simple, which is to use high voltage electricity for tip discharge. However, this game cannot be played directly with high voltage wires. The conventional 220-volt household electricity needs to be boosted. The equipment for boosting electricity is the Tesla coil used by the "Lightning Boy", which is actually the generator of artificial lightning. Compared with the uncontrollable high voltage wires, the high voltage generated by this device is controllable.

Inventor of the Tesla Coil

Artificial lightning as brilliant as a fountain

The Tesla coil is a transformer that works on the principle of resonance. It was invented by American scientist Nikola Tesla in 1891. Tesla invented this coil not to create lightning, but to conduct some practical experiments with it, such as using it to develop high-brightness lighting, instruments that produce fluorescent spectra and X-rays, electrotherapy instruments, wireless power transmission, etc.

Playing with artificial lightning requires special protection

Artificial lightning around a laptop

However, the practical uses that Tesla expected have not been realized until now, and the Tesla coil was once unknown in the history of science. It was not until someone discovered that the Tesla coil could be used to create artificial lightning that people began to pay attention to this strange device, and some enthusiasts around the world began to make Tesla coils for games or artistic purposes.

The main part of the Tesla coil is a main coil coiled in the shape of a mosquito coil and a columnar diode coil, with a spherical discharge device on the top. Lightning makers can avoid the harm of lightning by wearing specially made insulating protective clothing. In addition to discharging on the surface of the human body, some objects can also discharge after special protection. In order to make the photos of artificial lightning present the gorgeous effect of holiday fireworks, some artists specially installed a color filter dial above the camera to make the artificial lightning present different colors. If ultra-long exposure photography technology is used, the effect of superimposed lightning for more than ten seconds can be shown in the same photo.

Artificial lightning appears on a wire loop