[TCML] Would a Tesla coil work in a vaccum?

[Brian Hall <brianh4242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As we know a Tesla coil is 'air cored', so what if the entire secondary and primary were enclosed in a vaccum chamber?  I imagine the toroid could sit atop and outside of the vaccum chamber, and the HV supply, spark gap and C1 could also be outside the vaccum - wires through the chamber walls sealed up nice and tight.

 

With no air for a 'core' would there still be streamers off the toroid, same length and brightness as there would be for the same coil if it was without the vaccum chamber?  


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