BIG capacitors

[spuffock]

I found some capacitors in the junk. They are rated 38uf , 8KV. There are 6 of them. Any good ideas for a project?

 

[Electronics4you]

Make an electric igniter, that gives a big spark and thousands of volts...!

 

[Someone Electro]

You could make a can crusher or coin shrinker.

For what are these huge caps used anyway

 

[spuffock]

The caps were used for experiments in plasma physics. I rescued them from a scrapyard about twenty years ago. I believe they originally came from Culham Laboratory, from early experiments that led to Joint European Torus.

 

[spuffock]

I was thinking about making a railgun for the local estate agents. With a few small copper plated stones, you could hit a railway station from just about anyplace in the country. They'd never have to lie again.