My new capacitor bank is finished! This bank holds 38x 4700uF and 2x 3300uF capacitors of 350V in parallel (total 0,1852 Farad). It can hold a maximum energy of about 11344 Joule.
This is a high power switch which can be used to switch almost anything. It is designed to enable / shorting large capacitor banks for maximum energy transfer. Applications: Can Crusher, Disc Launcher, Rail Gun, etc.
We from the Dutch team: The Hydro Cruisers (The Hague University Delft), participated with the Shell Eco Marathon. This is a contest to create a vehicle which can run as economically as possible. We have become first in our category: urban concept. We defeated all other urban concept vehicles from Europe by driving 747.23 kilometers on the equivalent of 1 liter euro95 gasoline.
This is the new version of my mini Solid State Tesla Coil. Flashovers of over 22cm are achieved with the new Top load. Max output voltage is about 170kV. The audio modulator is also improved. Power consumption is about 300W.
I have started spinning my own toroid's, it's a lot of work but it's definitely worth it. If you are interested in ordering one of these toroid's you can use the webshop.
The outer dimensions are 180x 50 mm, the maximum coil diameter is 80mm. Capacitance: ~7,9pF
The CoilMaster Mark1 Coil Gun has been upgraded to Mark 1.5, The fire rate is highly increased to roughly 1 shot per second. Now 2 x 1000W halogen tubes are used as charge resistor.
The schematic has been altered to allow a higher charge current flow.
