electroscience

The difference between Active, Reactive, Apparent and Deforming Power

Unlike direct current (DC), in alternative current (AC) there are 4 types of powers: Active power, measured in watts (W) Reactive power, measured in volt ampere...

Overvolting a car ignition coil up to 90 kV!

In this video I am using a phase fired controller (PFC), also called phase angle controller I salvaged from a vacuum cleaner. Its main attribute is to reduce th...

All about black holes, white dwarfs and neutron stars

What have in common a white dwarf, a neutron star and a black hole? They are all products of a dying star, just like our Sun. A small exercise of imagination &n...

Upcoming video on a new 90 kV high voltage power supply

Hello electric science enthusiasts! I am currently editing a new eye catching video which will be released on Monday. I put below a couple of images so you can ...

What if we could harvest the energy of lightning?

        Among the regions with the most thunderstorms each year are listed: the northwestern Venezuela and the far east ...

3 suppressed inventions of Nikola Tesla that could have changed the world

Although Tesla was a brilliant scientist and a great visionary, he was considered to be an awful businessman. 1) Wireless transmission of energy     &...

How to build a high voltage capacitor for cheap

This video shows you a step by step process on how to build a home made high voltage capacitor for little to no money at all. In case you haven't noticed by now...

The Nikola Tesla Exhibition - The Man Who Invented The Future

Last Saturday I visited the Museum of Technology in Thessaloniki (ΝΟΗΣΙΣ). It hosted a temporary exhibition on the life and work of a remarkably bright mind, Ni...