Re: Capacitor Donation

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Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

With 35kJ worth of caps, blowing up water, wires, etc comes to mind (a huge
boom I would guess). You could also launch metal discs into the air pretty
high. With 5-6 kJ shirnking coins or other metal objects would also be fun.
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Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:02 PM
Subject: Capacitor Donation


 > Original poster: Koen van den Berg <cerberus_rex-at-planet.nl>
 >
 > It's great to see how generous total strangers can be when presented with
a
 > fun idea. I just received a shipment of 80(!) capacitors, rated for 5.2 kV
 > and 35 uF, for free!
 > A while ago I wrote to General Atomics, asking them if they could perhaps
 > sponsor me for my railgun project. Lo and behold, I received a reply from
 > their head of R&D. After a few emails he agreed to give me the caps. Only
 > problem was shipping, since I live in Holland and GA is in San Diego. I
 > told him I was having trouble getting money for the shipping, and he
 > replied saying that he would be going to Switzerland with one of his
 > technicians, and wouldn't you know it, they could bring the boxes along in
 > stead of luggage. How cool is that? He even got the company he was
visiting
 > to ship it to my school free of charge!
 > Anyway, besides the railgun I'm hoping to try some other experiments with
 > the caps, anybody have any suggestions?
 >
 > Koen
 >
 >