Slayer

Exciter

A Slayer Exciter is an air-cored transformer that steps up a very low DC voltage

to a very high AC voltage. This creates an electromagnetic field around the coil
that is capable of lighting up fluorescent and neon light bulbs. It is fairly similar to
a Tesla Coil.
The Slayer Exciter was the brainstorm of Dr. Stiffler a few years ago. It has since
been modified and improved, resulting in a community of people whose hobby is
to revise and improve them.
In this Instructable, I will show you how to build a small Slayer Exciter and will
also give an explanation as to how it works.
There are several parts that make up a Slayer Exciter:
- The power source supplies the voltage and amperage.
- The driver circuit takes the electricity from the power source and prepares it for
the transformer.
- The primary coil creates a magnetic field from the electricity.

- The secondary coil converts the magnetic field back into electricity and steps it
up to a much higher voltage.
- Finally, the top load acts as a capacitor, greatly increasing the strength of the
electromagnetic field.