fun with tesla coils and fire (Patreon)

i apologize for the lack of content recently. the past couple months have been rough for me. i cancelled last months patreon payments since I hadn't made any content for you guys.

anyway, i've been shooting a vid on tesla coils and fire, and it has turned out to be a fun mashup of engineering and chemistry. building a true tesla coil that can stay on resonance with a chaotic topload turned out to be a challenge, but I settled on an unusual vacuum tube design based on secondary feedback.

the most interesting output electrode was lithium metal, with a dish of trimethyl borate in methanol as a close second. however, i couldn't get the circuit to ignite sodium metal. :( thus, i've already torn down the circuit in order to use the moster tube in a plasma flame circuit. stay tuned!