[SEL] WOW-magneto charger

[Dave Croft]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Croft" <dave.croft at ntlworld.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] WOW-magneto charger
> You have revived my senile memories and I have dug out the magnetiser I
> built 30+ years ago.
> I wound the magnet myself with about 50 turns of very heavy windings.
> To get the very high magnetic field I used a 50 volt transformer and a
> rectifier to give me a 50 volt
> DC supply with which I slowly charged a very large capacitor. (100,000
> Microfarad).
> I then discharged this with a Thyristor triggered with a button. Every 
> thing
> metalic turned to the device!
> Very short but the effect worked well.
> I have dug it out and pictures are at
> http://good-times.webshots.com/album/579990241sMmfWY
> Best Regards.
> Dave Croft.
 I thought some else might have tried re-magnetising using a single large 
pulse
from a very large capacitor.
It seems not and I wonder why?
If anyone has any memories on this subject I would like to know.
Best Regards,
Dave Croft
Warrington.
http://oldengine.org/members/croft/
http://community.webshots.com/user/crftdv