ACMI
A program to compute Air Core Mutual Inductances.
Bart's High Voltage Lab
Contains theory, you can download, photos, and book sections.
Basic Electrostatics
A collection of formulaes and some theory about electrostatics.
Class Notes
Tesla Coils and the failure of lumped-element circuit theory. A very scholarly treatment of the subject.
Corona
All about it, the theory and math behind the calculations.
High Voltage Experimenter's Handbook
A collection of practical theoretical and empirical data to aid experimenter's using high voltage.
Homepage of K.Ukkonen
A list of useful URLs are here. Contains useful theory links.
How to Determine the Resonant Capacitor Value
A very useful paper by Tero Ranta about determining the resonant capacitor value for a NST in TC use.
Javas Script Based TC Calculator
For Classic Dual-Tuned Resonant Transformers. Handy and useful. You can also run "what-If" simulations.
Linear Transformer Model parameters
How to determine all those pesky parameters of a NST for use with SPICE software.
Measuring
watts and VARS with a VOM
Paschen's Law and Breakdown in gases
Paschen's law is about high voltage breakdown distances in certain gases. Very interesting page.
So what exactly is a Tesla Coil?
A clearly written explanation of the basic theory of Tesla Coils.
Stefan's Tesla coil pages
Theory of a TC and lots of images of the big arcs and sparks. Very good page on TC's.
TC Design Spread Sheet
A very accurate and useful EXCEL psread sheet. Handy for TC coil use. And tips for Primary construction with copper tube.
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