[SEL] WOW-magneto charger

[William Young]

Dave-san, Bill Young here ( Japan )
   I, too, kluged up a magnet charger which was also very effective. ( It 
magnetized almost every iron tool in the shop. ) The local power company was 
renewing  3 phase   step-down transformers that had been  serving small 
neighborhoods.  I bought one for about $50. With canister and oil ( bad stuff ) 
it weighed over 100kg.  I took out coils and core and let drain and dry for 
about a year.  I had to replace original laminated toroid core with "U" shaped 
core. 
Then, I got all all coils on one side ( both primary and secondary windings ) 
pumping North, and on the other side pumping South.  Next, I bought two heavy 
duty 12v truck batteries, hooked them in series, through a knife switch to the 
charger.  No idea the current thru the coils but it must have looked like a 
direct short to the batteries.  All of the near-by tools stood at wedding 
attention during the three two-second jolts that were applied.
    At that time I did not have a Gauss meter but had made what I dubbed as my 
Gauss Quantifier.  It was a notched lever arm that was hooked to armature of EK 
that  had been charged.  The farther out on the arm a given weight could be 
suspended before pulling armature away from EK magnet, the better the 
re-magnetizing job.
  My charger was a bit expensive but after a number of years usage, another EK 
nut bought it for what I had in it.  Bill
P.S.  Where is Warrington?
wmyoung at juno.ocn.ne.jp 


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