Re: DC Tesla Coils

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Original poster: "June Heidlebaugh" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

Yes. DC works fine, but you need a choke coil between the DC power supply
and the spark gap to prevent power arc.
    Robert   H
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Subject: DC Tesla Coils


 > Original poster: "Tristan Steele" <tsteele-at-westnet-dot-com.au>
 >
 > Hello All
 >
 > I am relatively new to the world of High Voltage, and am considering
 > building my first tesla coil.  The thought that I am having is that
wouldn't
 > it make more sense to use a rectified output (ie. DC) to charge the
primary
 > capacitor.  Is it possible to run a tesla coil on DC power?
 >
 > Tristan
 >
 >