Tesla Coil

by Tito the Flying Asian

This is the tesla coil that a friend and I made. Our tesla coil is powered by a 9kv NST and 6 salt water capacitors. All the electricity passes through a spark gap and flows through the primary coil that is pictured here in an upside-down cone made of copper tubing. When the electricity goes around the tubing it creates a strong magnetic field. The magnetic field then transfers to the secondary coil which is blue. The electricity then travels through the secondary and emits out of the top load. That is where we encountered a problem because our spark gap is working but we believe that the magnetic field is not properly transfering to the secondary coil which doesn't produce any sparks out of the top load. This may be caused by incorrect resonant frequency between the primary and secondary coil. If we get the coil to work, the top load will emit up to 6 inch sparks. If you have any ideas why it is not working please tell.