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When I was a kid my Dad made a magnet charger with some electrified copper coils would this be something that could be used to achieve similar results somehow? TIA (i.imgur.com)
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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

I've had good results discharging a 450V 1kJ capacitor bank through several turns of 10 AWG wire. If you don't have a capacitor bank laying around, one of those magnetizers will work just as well.