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Steve Ward Mini SSTC: schematic and build of a 7 inch solid state Tesla coil

7 in · built in a day · Jan 2004 · rev. Apr 2007

“I built this small coil in about 1 day of work. Its small and relatively safe.” Up to 7 in of spark, limited by the heatsinks. Dropping the primary to four turns cured the MOSFET heating; the toroid came off in favour of a bare wire. The page kept being revised for three years.

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