Re: 18,000. AMP high energy Cap bank

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Original poster: "Daniel McCauley" <dhmccauley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Should be enough for your time travel machine needs.


> Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> How many joules is that?
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> Mike
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> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:31 PM
> Subject: 18,000. AMP high energy Cap bank
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> >Original poster: "Gary Weaver" <gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> >FOR SALE
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> >Does anyone have an interest in this capacitor bank.  I have 3 capacitors
> >connected in parallel.  The capacitors weigh about 100 lbs each.  Caster
> >oil fill caps.  Rated 18,000. AMP High Energy pulse capacitors.   3
> >capacitors in parallel is 54,000. AMPS.   It comes with a power supply
and
> >high voltage transformer that is used to charge the caps.
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> >This thing is DANGERIOUS.  I make spark gaps out of 1/8" solid steel
wire.
> >The wires are 3 feet long each.  I connect the wires to the large
terminals
> >and bend them in a large loop about 4 foot diameter in size.  I set the
> >spark gap to about 1 inch.  I tie a 100 foot long kite string to one of
the
> >spark gap wires.   I then plug in my 100 foot cord and let the capacitor
> >bank charge.  It takes a few seconds for it to get fully charged.   It
> >pulls a heavy load while it is charging the lights in the house get dim
for
> >a whole.  When the lights in the house come back to full brightness I
know
> >the cap bank has stopped charging.  I unplug the extension cord.  Then I
> >pull on the kite string to close the spark gap.   "BOOM"  The discharge
> >sounds like a high powered rifle.  The flash looks 100 times brighter
than
> >an arc welder.  It vaporizes both wires.
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> >A friend from the airport gave me a 5000 watt flash lamp.  It was used
but
> >still worked.  The airport maintenance replaces the lights after a
certain
> >number of hour before it burns out.  I discharged the cap bank through
the
> >flash lamp and it completely vaporized the lamp.  There was nothing left
> >but a burned spot on my driveway.
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> >I ran a piece of #24 copper wire to the street and back again a distance
of
> >150 ft.  I discharged the cap bank through the wire.  It looked and
sounded
> >like setting off 150 ft of demolation det cord.
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> >I have never used these caps for a tesla coil.  I have always wondered if
> >there is a way to make the cap bank discharge through my tesla coil like
> >one huge lightin bolt.  It would probably vaporize the tesla coil.
> >
> >Gary Weaver
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