6KV Can Crusher

[Sionyn]

sporting a 30 uF cap at 6 KV he recycled from a Defibrillator

[Alex]

Shows how little energy is really stored in capacitorscompared with batteries, generators and ofc mains.



PS I would hate to be a Coke can in this world. :-p

[Time]

its the power thats impressive

[mikeselectricstuff]

Amazing how fast the can moves when you do this - here's my destruct-o-tron crushing a can at 1000frames/second.

[gxti]

The mechanical one isn't nearly as impressive, aside from all that delightful humming and buzzing it makes while it runs. You can easily crush a can by hand with only a little leverage, but the most practical way to crush would be to gently squeeze the sides, thus compromising the compressive strength of the can. You could easily use 1/10th the energy of what that device is using, but I guess that would be missing the point.