Re: Re: exploding wire

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Original poster: <a1accounting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi all,

Perhaps I should not say the following if Terry things its unwise 
just delete it.
I strongly do not suggest anyone but an experienced and trained 
lunatic try the following
For those capless or cappoor people that don't have kJ caps  around LOL

In the UK ,220v land you can make a nice bang by plugging a 
short(3in)piece of thin wire (a little bit thinner than the ring 
fuse) in to a 13A outlet with a plug that has its fuse bypassed.  13A 
sockets can be on a 50 amp ring main. Cooker outlets work even 
better. You have to be carful not to blow the main fuse.  If you use 
the switch on the socket be warned it can weld closed.
The ends of fluorescent tubes with intact filaments make a very bright flash.

In US 110v land this does not work well on the average socket 
probably due to the 15A breaker and 110V.

Perhaps a 220V A/C outlet would do the job. But again if the main 
fuse goes oops or the breaker welds.

Bob




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> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2006/06/15 Thu PM 02:11:21 EDT
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: exploding wire
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> Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Why do you need a low inductance to explode wire? Here I use the huge
> inductance of a 3kV winding of a 10KVA transformer in series and it
> still explodes uniformly although with a lot less shock and flash
> than a straight through shot. It may well be acting as a charging
> reactor to boost the voltage when the wire starts to disintegrate and
> separate allowing arcing to be maintained.
>   http://tesladownunder.com/Pulse_Power.htm#Exploding%20wires
> Peter
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> >Original poster: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
> >....
> >Even though my new bank has 18kJ of total energy, it's only 10kV and
> >the capacitors, while also low-inductance pulse caps, are more like
> >the Aerovox and Maxwell caps most other amateurs are using today -
> >low inductance, but not ultra-low inductance.  As a result, I wonder
> >whether I'll be able to achieve as fast rise times as I did with the
> >old bank......
> >  - Bill "Gomez" Lemieux
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