[SEL] magnet charger

[Ed stoller]

Oops, got that backwards. I need to put the coils in parallel, not series.
Ed Stoller
New Fairfield, CT
http://home.earthlink.net/~edstoller/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed stoller" <edstoller at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] magnet charger


> Hi Jacob,
>
> I found the magazine article to be very complete, well done. I restored a
> Model T Ford charger that I got at Portland, Ind. a few years ago and was
> disappointed in it. From Peter Rooke's article, I realized that I need to
> put the two coils in series, not parallel.  I also found a 250 volt power
> supply with a big capacitor and plan to try that.
>
>
> One of the things I learned on that project is that the guys that charge
> magnets have their favorite piece of I -beam. They stick the magnet to the
> I -beam and pull it off and know if the magnet is weak or strong. They
> really don't need a meter. I think we distributed about 15 kits thru out 
> SEL
> and I might have the list of where they went.
> All the PC boards are long gone, but I have about 10 of the lower
> sensitivity sensors in my H-E box if you need one. I use my gauss meter 
> for
> mapping magnets on the flywheels of small air cooled engines and ignition
> triggers.
>
> Ed Stoller
> New Fairfield, CT
> http://home.earthlink.net/~edstoller/
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jacob warner" <jacob.warner at pdahome.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] magnet charger
>
>
>>I think it was a great article! I hope to be able to try to build one 
>>soon.
>> It has sparked an interest with me for gaussmeters like the one found 
>> here
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand/Gaussmeter/gaussmtr.html. I think
>> it
>> would be very helpful information to know what the strength of the magnet
>> needs to be to create a hot enough spark.
>>
>> -Jacob
>
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