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I made a small one, but it suffered catastrophic failure after a few minutes of operation. What happened is that one of the coils had slight imperfections in the wire coating, only visible after they had melted.
It would probably be a *very* good idea to take a second year ElectroMangnistism class at a university before you even thing about attempting it. It'll help give you an idea of *exactly* what your creating.
Do *NOT*, I repeat, do NOT build this anywhwere close anything else electronic, or metalic. In other words, find several 50' extension corders, and get into the middle of a field. Otherwise, you might have to buy a bunch of new TV's, computers, radios, microwaves and car electronic subsystems for your neighborhood. Now, the chances of an EMP burst actually occuring are vanishingly small if you know what your doing, but, well, you don't know what your doing, that's why your asking. I'm okay with the asking and all that, it's great to learn. But truely think if you need to build one. Sure, they look like great fun, but so do guns when you first learn about them.
It would probably be a *very* good idea to take a second year ElectroMangnistism class at a university before you even thing about attempting it. It'll help give you an idea of *exactly* what your creating.
Do *NOT*, I repeat, do NOT build this anywhwere close anything else electronic, or metalic. In other words, find several 50' extension corders, and get into the middle of a field. Otherwise, you might have to buy a bunch of new TV's, computers, radios, microwaves and car electronic subsystems for your neighborhood. Now, the chances of an EMP burst actually occuring are vanishingly small if you know what your doing, but, well, you don't know what your doing, that's why your asking. I'm okay with the asking and all that, it's great to learn. But truely think if you need to build one. Sure, they look like great fun, but so do guns when you first learn about them.
