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Re: What to do with big capacitors?

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Originally Posted by Qbranch View Post
Actually.... if you tied these all in parallel and got a large wound electromagnet, put a steel magnetized ring over a pole, and discharged the caps into the magnet, it will shoot up pretty dang far!

btw can't take all the credit for that, i saw it at the carnegie science museum.

-Q
Are you sure the ring wasn't aluminum? That's what's used in the usual demonstration of such effects.