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Now it's getting dangerous! Tesla transformer: The mega flashes

Time
19:00 - 23:00 o'clock
Organizer
Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena
Place
Foyer Haus 5
Adresse
Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 2

Creation of mega flashes with up to 10.5 kV

Mega-bits are generated with a Tesla transformer.

A Tesla transformer is a transformer named after its inventor Nikola Tesla for generating high-frequency alternating currents with very high voltage; up to several megavolts are possible.

Mains voltage of 230V/50HZ is applied in the transformer. The flashovers of the spark gap are visible as small flashes of light; the discharge of the Tesla coil into the air manifests itself in light blue to purple flashes at the upper, "hot" end of the secondary inductance.

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For children
 
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Plakat des Versuchsaufbaus und der Blitze
Mega-Blitze
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