[SEL] WOW-magneto charger

[Mark Shulaw]

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe this one is a production 
charger. Made to charge new bar stock steel from 0 magnetism to full 
strength so you have to produce a much stronger field to get the 
proper effect.  While the smaller chargers we use are just to freshen 
up the already charged but just slightly weak magnets. That 450 pound 
brute was made to do what we do not need it to do, Charge magnets all 
day long from 0 to full charge. So to answer your question we don't 
need it so yes we can make do with the smaller ones. The one I use 
here is only 20# or so and does what I need. But I am going to get a 
somewhat larger one some day.
  I believe that the 450 pound brute may be to large for what most of 
us need by far. And yes some one mentioned keeping away if you have a 
pace maker, I would highly recommend that, along with some of the 
other implanted electronic medical devices.

                    TTYL,  Mark


At 01:52 PM 4/1/2011, you wrote:
>All this raises an old question--one I have asked myself for years. It
>boils down to this, "How much better a job does a large (ie 450 lbs.)
>magnet charger do than a smaller one--say 100 lbs?" What happens when
>the charger weight is dropped to, say, 15 lbs? I have charged magnets
>for antique engines with a 15# charger built by some guy (from FL:)
>who sells/sold them and also with my ~100# charger. Both have worked
>well and have fired an engine just fine after charging the magnets. I
>am a real fan of "bigger is better" (as many of you who have seen my
>KING DICK can attest.) However the "law of diminishing returns" has to
>take affect somewhere in the charging of magnets!
>         Dave
>
>On Apr 1, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Harry wrote:
>
> > I got my Weidenhoff years back at the Zolfo Springs show.
> > I'm not sure if it's as heavy as this one, but I never regretted that
> > purchase.
> > Apparently Weidenhoff developed through several models.
> >
> > http://www.old-engine.com/magsum.htm
> >
> > -- Harry
> >
> > 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Huge-450-Pound-Magneto-Charger-Weidenhoff_W0QQitemZ230602256317QQcategoryZ63945QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m137
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Mark Shulaw
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