This Tesla coil burnout occurred when a secondary winding 20 turns from the base short circuited.
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German Maximus TV 2010
Maximus Film Germany. Filmed in Bunbury Feb 5 2010. Screened ?April 2010 and rescreened Sept 1 2010. Two segments, one of which is about crazy inventors.
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Can Crusher Display for Uni
This can crusher display crushes cans in milliseconds using a very high current pulse.
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Open Day 2010
For the Home Open day 2010, I got in the pool and also exploded watermelons. I had the usual array of projects set up indoors and various high voltage displays behind barriers. The Tesla coil was the highlight and double exposures under the Tesla coil were popular. There were about 70 people who came through. Maybe it was the free beer…
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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.
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Tesla Coil 4-Inch ver 2 components
The second version 4 inch diameter Tesla coil uses much higher power components.
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Ultracapacitors
These ultracapacitors have a massively increased power density compared with conventional capacitors and this bank stores 50 kJ.
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Photographic lens flares
Lens flares are common with a high intensity source of light such as the sun or a spark.
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Exploding Wire Lightning Simulation
A powerful bolt seems to penetrate the car in this exploding wire lightning simulation.
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Coin shrinking one yen
Coin shrinking a Japanese coin to half its diameter while preserving details. Bonsai for coins. You can still see the Japanese characters miniaturized on this one yen coin. “Continue reading” for the details of the huge currents involved to make small change. Continue reading