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Re: exploding wire



Original poster: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>

Oops, apparently I just sent a blank reply to this msg, sorry.

On Jun 13, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Tesla list wrote:

Original poster: "Paul Marshall" <klugmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I have a 25kv 330uf cap bank (103,000 joules) I wonder how big a
wire I could use..

Great Googly-Moogly!  Are they fast (low inductance, pulse-discharge
duty) caps?  That's a lot of stored energy!  You could make one heck
of a railgun with that.

 - Gomez

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