After watching the low voltage video I clicked a few more links and came across this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=al_nqxSgIz4 Far bigger than the tesla coil I built in high school! The guy's name seems somehow, almost familiar. Curt On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > > ><> ... Jack > Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 > "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - > Henry J. Tillman > "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - > Albert Einstein > "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — Admiral > Grace Hopper, USN > > > On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:23 PM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Is there an attachment or a link? I like little heaters. >> > >> > On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Just a little heater. They built a 240VAC to .5VAC transformer. >> > They use >> > > it to heat metal, and it only generates >> > > about 30,000 Amps at .5VAC. ... So since they are taking in 220VAC >> > it must >> > > be using about 62.5Amps. >> > > >> > > At 50,000A, they should be running 104A or so. .... Hmmm power (in >> > my best >> > > Tim the Toolman/Homer Simpson voice) >> > > >> > > A neat toy. >> > > >> > >> Given the wattage involved, this isn't a LITTLE heater, unless it >> vaporizes itself shortly after being turned on. >> >> -- >> John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] >> "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than >> not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >> >> -- >> >> The video shows him using it. ... Seeing what appears to be a crow bar > glowing is something. In a house, burning > 1500 or even 2500Watts is reasonable. That's only 20A at 240V (roughly). > We have lots of heaters rated > for home use that are 1500W, and electric ovens or electric dryers could > even be 30 to 50A at 220VAC (depending > the device and service available). > > their statement of 50,000A is interesting, but they are doing 0.5V out of > their transformers. And that much is only 25,000W. > > Still, fun toys. And with all toys, one must be careful. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
