Are spark dangerous?
For more details and photos: Continue reading
Danger
Leave a reply
Tag Archives: amps
Exploding Hot Dog
This is a hot dog/sausage/wiener about to be cooked from inside out. Apply 3 kJ from a pulse capacitor charged to 6 kV and the iron wire vaporises with many thousands of amps. The explosive energy is discharged in less than a millisecond.
“Continue reading” for more details and photos.
Continue reading
Exploding Wire Lightning Simulation
A powerful bolt seems to penetrate the car in this exploding wire lightning simulation.
“Continue reading” for more details and photos. Continue reading
Measuring magnetic field strength
Measuring magnetic field strength by direct force measurements
Here is my attempt at measuring magnetic field strength. To measure the field generated by the electromagnet above I made a coil that could be placed in the magnetic field.
“Continue reading” for measurements and results. 3 photos and links. Continue reading
Lemon Lights
Electricity + Lemons = Light. Stick two electrodes in the lemon with something around mains voltage at a couple of amps or more and it starts to sparkle.
“Continue reading” for unusual light formed by electricity and – you guessed it – lemons. Continue reading
Spot Welder AC
I made this as I thought I may need something to make joins for use in a vacuum that may get red hot. Epoxy and plain or silver soldering would not do. It uses a 6 V 90 A transformer and is able to spot weld a variety of mostly thin metal sheets.
“Continue reading” for more spot welder photos.
Continue reading
Can Crusher 1
My earliest can crusher. Can crushing is a sudden constriction of a can using very high induced current.
“Continue reading” for more details and photos. Continue reading
Helium Neon Laser 10 mW
A low powered red laser seen here. Remember the laser-in-the-groin-shots in Bond’s Gold Finger? Careful Justin!
“Continue reading” for more details and photos. Continue reading