Can crushed by magnetic forces

A capacitor is charged to 10,000 Volts, then it is discharged in between two rings. The current causes the forces involved to crush a ring into the can. Or something like that :P

Taken during the Physics, Civil and Mechanical engineering excursion at the University of Western Australia

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[Coach588]

1:38 to actually see it go....

[ApolloWasReal]

Since you do this a lot, I recommend getting a set of electric utility lineman's gloves and wearing them on both hands. You could also use a "hotstick", a pole made of fiberglass that can take various attachments.

Or you could discharge the capacitors with a remotely controlled high voltage switch instead of doing it by hand.

[botba1]

@musicmtv11 ...youre being sarcastic arnt you

[musicmtv11]

ow wooowww!!! thats awsome!!!

[carrierpilot1357]

the magnetic force was so large it messed up the camera :P

[ManusCelerDei]

@juniortore depends how strong the field is

[k0namiman]

No, but your finger contains blood, which contains iron, and water, which is dimagnetic, and salts, which conduct a charge as well as metal. It'd probably hurt a little.

[fishnboy101]

the more coils you have the worse it gets ive seen one with like ten and it ripped the can in half.

[Depthhider]

Nothing unless you touch the coil in which you will get a pretty gruesome shock.

[juniortore]

what happens if you stick your finger in between the crusher will it crush your finger? its not metal