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The media could not be loaded. Bought two kits. Built one for a friend and the other for me. The first build requires a tickle (see instructions) to start the arc initially and again when an audio source is connected, but the second build has no such requirement. Build time was approximately one hour per kit. Recommend purchasing the 18v power supply if no other power supply is available to you. The higher voltage output helps with providing a sustainable arc. Overall, I am pleased with functionality, capability, and simple design.

Pretty good little kit. I have not soldered anything in over two decades but the kit was easy to build. Instructions were very clear (pictures helped!) It took about an hour to build.Some of the connections are very close together so there is some precision required (and a good pair of glasses!).It works as advertised. There is a little arc that is visible even at daytime and is powerful enough to light a little LED about an inch away from the coil. I was not able to light a larger led bulb.The heath sinks get really hot real quick and so does the coil. My only concern with the device is that the hot coil could burn the insulation of outer coil and somehow cause a short.All in all a good stem project that works.

I think it was fun and easy but altho it did come missing with some parts and a bit on the lesser quality

Put together as described. Item does nothing but turn on a red light. Save your ten bucks.

I built it and it works. Pretty cool machine.The instructions are just pictures of components being assembled which, while not hard, would be intimidating to someone who's new and I didn't see it explaining what side of the polarized components were positive so someone could make a mistake.I found the instructions on burning the paint off confusing so I just let my soldering iron touch it until I felt I burnt off whatever it was talking about.If the tesla coil turns on the blue light that means it's on correctly. If you don't see the plasma just put a piece of metal near it and it will light up. I found that if you won't light up that moving power coil further down fixes it but I have no idea if that genuinely is the problem.Really like it, wish I didn't need to buy a power supply separately though.

It went together okay. Everything is clearly marked. The instructions say to keep the coil of wire .5 cm from coil. I made a coil spacer to enforce this after the wire got too close to the coil and started arcing. Didn't work. Made a new coil spacer at .5mm and got another wrap of the black wire and it worked just fine.Unit uses a fair amount of power. I had to break out my bench power supply to have enough current. Last night the end of the coil wire was striking an arc into the air but today I have to bring metal near it. It likely is a function of humidity. Last night got down to -10°F so it is dry.The coil has wire that is about 0.0055", easy to break, be careful.I haven't tried the music part yet. I'm not plugging it into my computers sound card, I look for some old computer speakers and try that and update.

I am an Electronics Assembler and I have built other musical tesla coils like this one and this has to be the worst clone I have ever seen.The unit was fun to build and looks nice, but the audio rises and cuts out badly. I tried a couple different things, but I think the issue lies with how the secondary coil is wound or the blue LED having a higher voltage drop than the red LEDs on my other units.I rebuild the primary wiring numerous times in an attempt to account for these issues, but I could only slightly improve audio quality.The music side of this doesn't work enough to play music. I bought a similar kit from a different vendor and the music was crystal clear.Good instructions. Looks nice.If you want a tesla coil that is easy to build and almost plays "music", this is for you. If you want one that works for music as well, go with the original PLL TC.

This DIY project kit comes with all the components. It has resistors and all things needed to create a tesla coil with can produce arcs and music etc. The instructions are online and learning how to solder components and create a product. The size is great and it is a different kind of fun. It's function is to produce sound and arcs. Overall it's a great value for my money. It's functionality is to create a learning situation and fun.