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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Marx Generator, knocks our rocks off - Hack a Day

Marx Generator, knocks our rocks off

posted Oct 23rd 2010 2:00pm by Jakob Griffith
filed under: misc hacks 

What weighs more than 500 pounds, produces 500 kilovolts, and we don’t recommend you try at home in any way shape or form? If you guessed a rock disaggregation device, you’re correct! We also accepted lightning generators as correct answers. Using high voltage electricity, a rock can be split apart down to its grains without destroying the precious minerals inside; unlike traditional grinding and mechanical techniques that often ruin the sample. All it takes is a massive hydro pole transformer, five 1uf 100 kilovolt capacitors, eight hand wound inductors, and two massive cojones to stand within 20 feet of the thing while it’s going off. Video after the divide.


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http://hackaday.com/2010/10/23/marx-generator-knocks-our-rocks-off/

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