House of The Rising Sun played on Steve Catons and Eric Goodchilds (me) 7 foot tall Musical Tesla Coils. \r<br>\r<br>This was the first time the coils have ever been run together. It was a marvelous first test.\r<br>\r<br>These are two gigantic solid state musical Tesla Coils. A Tesla Coil is a special type of transformer invented by Nikola Tesla that is able to generating extremely large voltages using a phenomenon known as electrical resonance. Each coil in this video is capable of generating a 13 foot spark. This equates to about 500,000 volts of electricity. \r<br>\r<br>\r<br>The primary drive system for the coils consists of high power semiconductors arranged into an H-Bridge switching configuration. During a spark event, the coil is pulsed on for a few hundred millionths of a second. During this short time, thousands of amps circulate within the primary tank circuit and the energy is coupled into the secondary resonator through magnetism. \r<br>\r<br>\r<br>So what appears to be a continuous burst of sparks is ually a specific number of sparks generated per second. By modulating the number of sparks that emit from the coil each second, different tones can be produced by the coils.\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>These coils were constructed by Eric Goodchild and Steven Caton.\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>Eric Goodchild is currently an EE student at ASU Polytechnic. \r<br>\r<br>\r<br>His personal website is: \r<br>\r<br>\r<br>Steven Caton is currently an EE student at UCLA\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>His personal website is:
