Topic

capacitor banks

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  1. 1 Popping a 5000A Fuse

    Photonicinduction 6 people · 6 months · since Jun 2021

    Shared as a striking demonstration of Photonicinduction discharging an enormous capacitor bank to destroy a 5000 A fuse, and as an example of what serious energy storage can do.

  2. 2 Firing the Lorentz Plasma Cannon

    LightningOnDemand 5 people · 6 months · since Apr 2025

    Cited as an amusing, deadpan demonstration of a capacitor bank driving a turret-launched wire that vaporises and lets enormous current cross the air.

  3. 3 How to Shrink a Quarter with Electricity

    Physics Girl 3 people · 3 months · since Dec 2019

    Cited as a striking example of shrinking coins with a capacitor bank discharge, used to illustrate very strong pulsed magnetic fields and the dangers involved.

  4. 4 Defibrillator teardown

    mikeselectricstuff 3 people · 3 months · since Oct 2015

    Linked mostly as source material, for checking board construction choices in safety-critical gear and for questions about a pulse waveform, and it seems to involve a defibrillator-style teardown.

  5. 5 Battery Spot Welder (CD Welder) || DIY or Buy

    GreatScott! 3 people · 3 months · since Apr 2018

    Referred to as a GreatScott build using a supercapacitor bank, useful for its energy working and for the mistakes it openly discusses.