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How Do Tesla Coils Work? Musical Tesla Coils in SLOW MOTION! (Guest: @physicsgirl)

Be Smart. · Nov 13, 2026 · 9:31

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Musical tesla coils are awesome. I went to visit Arc Attack, the legendary musical tesla coil band, to find out how they work (and to stand in between them!) I brought my friend Physics Girl along too

Step inside the Tesla coils in this 360 video: https://youtu.be/2SNcbNlbyVo

Special thanks to:
ArcAttack
http://arcattack.com/

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