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UK Tesla coil builders
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Below is a list of Tesla coil builders in the UK. If there is someone in your area that you didn't know about drop them a mail and get together. If you know anybody else who might like to be on this list please let them know, and get them to e- mail me at michael.tucknott@virgin.net and I'll put them on the list. If any of the URL's or e-mail address don't work or you have changed them please let me know. If there is any coil info missing from your profile drop me a post, or if there is no picture you can send me one (180w by 197h @ 72dpi). |
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Mike Tucknott |
| Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire | |
| Michael.tucknott@virgin.net | |
| http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.tucknott/tesla.htm | |
| BM3 coil | |
| Secondary:- 9.25" by 46" | |
| Powered by a 15kVA, 11.5kV pole pig | |
| Max output 8 feet |
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Brian Le Page |
| Fleet, Hampshire | |
| brian@oneau.com | |
| http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.tucknott/tesla.htm | |
| BM2 coil | |
| Secondary:- 4.25" by 22" | |
| Powered by a 15kVA pole transformer (pig) | |
| Max output 67" with a pole pig. |
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Steve Bell |
| Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| steve@deepfriedneon.com | |
| www.deepfriedneon.com | |
| Secondary:- 6" by 25.5" coil | |
| Powered by a 10kV @ 100mA NST | |
| 0.03uF MMC, RQ style cooled 10 electrode gap | |
| Max output 63" (seconds before it died!). |
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Alan Sharp |
| Burntisland, Fife | |
| http://www.alansharp.co.uk/ | |
| Secondary 9.25" by 46" | |
| Power 3*8 Kv trans | |
| 0.19uf MMC type cap bank | |
| Max output 10 feet |
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Rob |
| Nantwich, Crewe | |
| doctor@dr-bellend.com | |
| http://www.dr-bellend.com | |
| Secondary is 4 X 23" | |
| 4 X MOT | |
| Cap is 33nF MMC type cap | |
| Output presently 4 feet (inside). |
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Mike Harrison |
| Essex | |
| mike@electricstuff.co.uk | |
| www.electricstuff.co.uk | |
| Secondary 4" by 20" | |
| Powered by | |
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Steve Cook |
| Richmond, Surrey | |
| Steve@g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk | |
| www.g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk | |
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Bob Golding |
| Cambridge | |
| yubba@clara.net | |
| No site as yet | |
| Secondary 4" by 22" | |
| Powered by an 8.2kV 250mA radar transformer | |
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Nick Slaymaker |
| Hitchin, Herts | |
| nick.slaymaker@lineone.net | |
| http://website.lineone.net/~nick.slaymaker | |
| Secondary:-10" by 50" | |
| Powered by a 8.2kV @ 250mA radar transformer | |
| Max spark lenght | |
| Built in association with Bob Golding |
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Vivian Watts |
| Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| v.c.watts@Softromech.co.uk | |
| No site as yet | |
| Secondary 6" by 20" | |
| Powered by a 5kV @ 100mA neon trans | |
| Gap:-sync rotary |
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Alex Crow |
| North London | |
| alexcrow@clara.net | |
| No site as yet | |
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Nick Field |
| Reading, Berkshire | |
| info@hvfx.co.uk | |
| www.hvfx.co.uk | |
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Steve Rodway |
| Bath | |
| Legion@bigfoot.com | |
| http://www.legion-elec.demon.co.uk/index.htm | |
| Secondary coil 4" | |
| Powered by a 16kVA pole pig | |
| Spark gap:- RQ static |
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Richie Burnett |
| Newcastle | |
| tesla@richieburnett.co.uk | |
| http://www.richieburnett.co.uk | |
| Secondary: 4" x 21", Toroid: 4" x 22" | |
| Power: 1800 watts, Capacitor: 70nF MMC | |
| Spark gap: 200BPS sync rotary | |
| Max output: 66 inches |
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Steve Crawshaw |
| Bristol | |
| stevecrawshaw@cableinet.co.uk | |
| No site as yet | |
| secondary:- 4.25" by 22" close wound. | |
| Powered by an 25kV @ u/a mA | |
| 4.7nF MMC cap with a forced air RQ static gap. | |
| Toroid:-3" by 12" welded steel (very heavy). |
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Colin Dancer |
| Enfield, London | |
| colindancer@hotmail.com | |
| http://www.pyrochrome.net/tesla | |
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Chris Telford |
| Lancaster | |
| chrisbus_telford@yahoo.com | |
| http://www.geocities.com/chrisbus_telford/ | |
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Richard Barton |
| Corfe Mullen, Dorset. | |
| richardbarton@caving5.freeserve.co.uk | |
| No site as yet | |
| Secondary- 10" X 4" | |
| Power supply- 3 12K/30 NSTs. | |
| Static gap | |
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Chuck Hobson |
| Wimborne, Dorset | |
| charles.a.hobson@btinternet.com | |
| http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/teslatutorial/index.htm | |
| Secondary 250mm dia. & 1 meter long, 1000 turns | |
| Powered by a 35 mA 8kV neon. | |
| Spark gap is 3/8" ball bearings silver soldered on to 5/16" brass bolts | |
| Cap 0.037uF, Next on the list will be a 11kV 5kVA pole pig.... |
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Dr. Duncan Cadd |
| Durham | |
| dunckx@freeuk.com | |
| http://home.freeuk.net/dunckx | |
| Power supply 10kV @ 50mA OBIT | |
| Spark gap is multi-plate quenched gap. | |
| Cap 6 x 28kV mica ex-British Admiralty |
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John Wood |
| Shropshire | |
| john.wood20@btinternet.com | |
| No site as yet | |
| Secondary coil 6" | |
| Power supply 10kV @100mA NST | |
| RQ type static gap | |
| MMC style cap |
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Ian Jackson |
| Mold, North Wales | |
| hammaskeep@hotmail.com | |
| www.btinternet.com/~sledgehamma/coil/disclaim.htm | |
| Secondary coil 6" | |
| Power supply 10kV @ 50mA NST | |
| Sync RSG | |
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Dave Cook |
| Norwich, Norfolk | |
| mail@theherbgarden.freeserve.co.uk | |
| www.tesla-coil.info | |
| Secondary coil 4.5" | |
| Power supply 2X30mA NST`s | |
| Gap RQ static with forced air | |
| Cap MMC type |
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David Gamble |
| Huntingdon Cambridgeshire | |
| dgamble@supanet.com | |
| www.teamtornado.co.uk | |
| Secondary 7" by 48" | |
| Powered by Twin MOT | |
| Asynchronous rotary gap at 400BPS | |
| 50nF 20kV MMC |
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Paul Benham |
| Southampton, Hants | |
| paul@3rdplanetfromthesun.fsnet.co.uk | |
| No site as yet | |
| Secondary 2.5" | |
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Colin Heath |
| Frome, Somerset | |
| colin.heath4@ntlworld.com | |
| www.geocities.com/colinheath2002/ | |
| Secondary 4" by 21" | |
| twin mot supply with voltage doublers | |
| 400bps sync rotary | |
| 66nf MMC type max output 4' 3" |
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Khalid Schofield |
| North London | |
| khalidschofield@hotmail.com | |
| http://uk.geocities.com/ks_god/tesla | |
| Resonator 14" by 60" | |
| 2 X 16kVA pole pigs | |
| 0-600 bps a-sync RSG | |
| 150nF multi-pulse cap bank |
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Nick Du Pré |
| Maidstone, Kent | |
| Nick@GreenRat.com | |
| http://www.GreenRat.com/Tesla/INDEX.html | |
| Secondary: 5" by 24" | |
| Power: 10KV at 100mA | |
| Gap: Static Planar | |
| Terminal: 12" dia. Aluminium Sphere |
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Derek Woodroffe |
| Stapleford, Nottinghamshire | |
| tesla@roffesoft.co.uk | |
| http://www.roffesoft.co.uk/tesla | |
| Secondary 'a cotton reel' 3"-1.5" x 9" | |
| Powered by 6kv 20ma NST | |
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Adrian Fretwell |
| Newark, Nottinghamshire. | |
| tesla@topgreen.co.uk | |
| www.topgreen.co.uk/electrical/tesla01/tesla01.html | |
| Secondary - 1200 turns 4" Diameter. | |
| Powered by 10kV 60mA NST | |
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Martin Dale |
| Nottingham | |
| martin.dale@ntu.ac.uk | |
| No Site as yet | |
| Secondary 1200 turns of 0.5mm wire, tapered 5" by 21" | |
| Powered by 8.25kV @ 0.25mA Radar transformer | |
| Gap async 8 point RSG | |
| Output so far 5` 6" |
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Dave Kearley |
| N/A | |
| mail@davekearley.co.uk | |
| http://www.davekearley.co.uk/ | |
| Secondary:- 110mm by 650mm | |
| Powered by a 10KV 50mA NST | |
| Max output - - no idea yet. | |
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James Pawson |
| West Yorkshire | |
| thedatastream@yahoo.com | |
| http://thedatastream.4hv.org | |
| JP-SSTC1 Solid State Tesla Coil | |
| Auto tuning using CCFL ballast control IC | |
| Max spark length - unknown as yet | |
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Ron Barnes. |
| Watlington, Kings Lynn | |
| ronbarnes@waitrose.com | |
| No site as yet | |
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Secondary 5" by 24.5" 1100
turns
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| Power Supply: 5 kVA, 11.5 kV pole ( pig ) transformer | |
| Spark Gap: Static; made from 3 / 4 " dia copper tube, 8 gaps. | |
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Max spark lenght - 60" vigorous
spark discharge.
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Wyvern Pearce |
| East Sussex | |
| mailto:wyvern@tompearceltd.co.uk | |
| http://wyvern.4mg.com | |
| 4" 817 turns on the secondary | |
| 10KV 25mA NST | |
| Max spark output of 10" |
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Ray Lyford |
| Exeter | |
| rl018a0336@blueyonder.co.uk | |
| http://www.m0bbv.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ | |
| Secondary 2.5 * 15.5 inches.950 Turns | |
| Power supply: 3.5k Neon Transformer @ 30ma | |
| Saltwater cap.17nf, Static Spark gap | |
| Output so far 8" to 9" |
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Andy Brownson |
| Derby | |
| andy@10183.co.uk | |
| www.10183.co.uk | |
| Secondary 4” with 1000 turns | |
| Powered by : Full bridge of IRFP460s | |
| max output : 12 - 13” |
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Richard Morrow |
| Alsager, Cheshire | |
| rpmorrow@hotmail.com | |
| http://www.rmcybernetics.com/projects/DIY_Devices/homemade_tesla_coil.htm | |
| Powered by : Two 12V batteries, uses an adjustable static gap has special features | |
| Max output 25cm |
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Tabraze Malik |
| Manchester | |
| tab@malik13.freeserve.co.uk | |
| www.malik13.freeserve.co.uk | |
| Not quite a coil but what the hell. | |
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Phillip Strauss |
| Stamford, Lincs | |
| pstrauss1947@yahoo.com | |
| No Web site - yet | |
| Secondary:- 6" | |
| Powered by a 10kV 100mA NST | |
| Cap 21kV MMC | |
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Paul Rossiter |
| Nottingham | |
| paul.rossiter@ntlworld.com | |
| No Web site - yet | |
| Secondary:- 4.25" by 22" | |
| Powered by a 10KV 5mA NST | |
| Max output - - no idea yet. | |
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Jonathan Lewthwaite |
| Tiverton, Devon | |
| jon.lewthwaite@btopenworld.com | |
| No site as yet | |
| Secondary coil - 4" | |
| Power supply - 8kV @ 30mA NST | |
| Static spark gap | |
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Simon Hewitt |
| Worcester park, Surrey | |
| si_hewitt@yahoo.co.uk | |
| www.megajoule.co.uk | |
| Secondary 4.5" | |
| Power supply 10kV 50mA NST and 10kV 30mA NST | |
| RQ static with air blast quench | |
| Cap 1 x 0.022uF 20kV Maxwell |
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John Graley |
| Cambridge | |
| jgraley@arm.com | |
| www.arm.com | |
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Chris Swinson |
| Uttoxeter, Staffordshire | |
| exxos@bigfoot.com | |
| The site has moved | |
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Gordon Forrest |
| North Shields, Newcastle | |
| gmforrest@tiscali.co.uk | |
| No site as yet | |
| Power supply 2X NST | |
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Chris Hill |
| Cardiff | |
| cjhill@hills.u-net.com | |
| http://www.hills2.u-net.com/tesla.htm | |
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Peter Morehead |
| Worthing, West Sussex. | |
| peter.morehead@lineone.net | |
| No site as yet | |
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Jason Petrou |
| North London | |
| jasonp@btinternet.com | |
| http://www.geocities.com/teslamanuk | |
| Cap MMC type | |
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Theo Paradise |
| t.paradise@talktalk.net | |
| No site as yet | |
| All coil pictures are copyright of the coil builder concerned.19th June 2000 |
