Version #2
1 x 7.14uF-50,000V = 8925 Joules
     
Version #1
Electrolytic Capacitor Plate

67 x 3300uF-240V = 6367 Joules

Happiness is 40 pounds
of #11 magnet wire!
 
Air Activated Switch
75uOhms
     
Shots
-14 turns of #14 polythermalese magnet wire around a quarter. 
-Begin: 225vdc, End: 220vdc.
-No shrinking achieved.

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-3 turns of 0.500 x 0.010" copper ribbon around a nickel.
-Begin: 225vdc, End 205vdc.
-Ribbon was folded in half. 
-No shrinking achieved.

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-3 turns of #32 x 100 nylese magnet wire around a nickel.
-Begin 225vdc, End 142vdc.
-No shrinking achieved.

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 This page last updated on September 03, 2011