Building the Super 833C Audio Modulated Tesla Coil

 

This is a dual 833C push-pull low level audio modulated Tesla Coil with a 100 watt mos-fet RF amplifier feeding the fixed bias 833C grids through a tuned phasing transformer. Due to deviation from convention, it was decided to build this Tesla Coil in modular rack mount form. Currently in the design and prototype stages, the "Audio Tesla 833C" will feature some serious cutting edge "old school" technology to the "Nth" degree! Featured below are pictures of the progress to date...more pictures and comments will be added as we move forward with this project! 

 

The Plate Supply 

 

High Voltage DC Plate Power Supply Rack, Construction and Testing
(Click on pictures to enlarge)

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The Oscillator / Modulator 

 

RF Oscillator / Mixer / Audio Modulator Rack

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The Grid Drive Amplifier

 

100 Watt GE MOSFET PLC Amplifier Rack
Frequency Range:  30 ~ 450khz
Can you say "grid drive" ?

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The Grid Bias Supply



Current Limiting Grid Bias Supply Module for Class AB1 Push-Pull Operation

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The Main RF Deck (Tank Circuit)

 

Note: At this time, the RF deck has not been completed. Quite a bit of research and testing has led me in the following directions:

  • A pair of 833's mounted on a custom G-10 base

  • A flat pancake primary coil; center tapped for push-pull

  • An MMC ceramic doorknob cap-bank tested over 45 minutes at full power with a conventional 12kv/60ma table top Tesla Coil! (Pictures shown)-no heating or frequency drift observed! (There are 100 of these in series / parallel configuration)

  • High quality VLF plate chokes used 

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