An Electrical Engineer Tries and Fails to Build a Tesla Coil Vacuum Chamber

ElectroBOOM host Mehdi Sadaghdar wanted to use his Tesla coil inside a vacuum chamber, so he tried to build one himself. Unfortunately he melted his original compressor with a bath of hot glue, and was unable to create powerful enough suction with his alternatives.

I really like to run my Tesla Coil in vacuum, so let’s build a vacuum chamber, or at least try!

Glen Tickle
Glen Tickle

Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.