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Build Your Own Tesla Coil

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-in-red-alert dept.

screenbert writes "Ever wanted to keep stray dogs or neighbors from trampling your backyard, but just couldn't find the system to really deter them? Well this site shows how they built a bi-polar Tesla Coil system. I've always loved the Tesla coils on C&C when they'd zap the units as they went by. "

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  1. Tesla Coils suck by Dyolf+Knip · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Prism Towers are far better.

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    Dyolf Knip
    1. Re:Tesla Coils suck by Shirloki · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      What are you? New? You left out the obligatory link to a page showing how to build a prism tower!

  2. I don't think you read the article... by danny256 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The weapon is a physical thing, it can't get trolls. Slashdot trolls arn't actually "walking it the garden of slashdot", they are posting from their home, the weapon will not hurt them. Maybe their computer will malfunction and shock them though.