Thought experiment: A thousand 12V car batteries in series

bigwill · 19th June 2007, 08:50 PM

12000VDC, a thousand amps avaliable

What would you do?

I think I would make some kind of salt water cannon that vapourises water with megawatts of power to fire huge lumps of metal at things

Maybe make a 500kW SE or PP triode amp perhaps? (You know how some speakers need that extra bit of juice

)

Or perhaps make some kind of plasma gun

PHilgeman · 19th June 2007, 08:59 PM

Unfortunately the series resistance of the batteries themselves and the wiring would lower the current rating considerably, maybe you could get some really gigantic caps?!?!?

Hartono · 19th June 2007, 09:15 PM

that much power might be enough to power a nuclear submarine......

No, make that UFO (unidentified flying objeeeee.....)

Conrad Hoffman · 20th June 2007, 02:49 AM

If you haven't seen it, this site should appeal to you-
Sam Barro's Power Lab

Hartono · 20th June 2007, 06:41 AM

very cool link Conrad !!!

SY · 20th June 2007, 11:57 AM

The Joseph Newman trick!

KBK · 21st June 2007, 03:56 AM

Electric beer opener!*

POW!

(for SY it would be an electric wine opener)

*exploding bottles...

19th June 2007, 08:50 PM	#1
bigwill General Nuisance diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK	Thought experiment: A thousand 12V car batteries in series 12000VDC, a thousand amps avaliable What would you do? I think I would make some kind of salt water cannon that vapourises water with megawatts of power to fire huge lumps of metal at things Maybe make a 500kW SE or PP triode amp perhaps? (You know how some speakers need that extra bit of juice ) Or perhaps make some kind of plasma gun

20th June 2007, 11:57 AM	#6
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicagoland Blog Entries: 1	The Joseph Newman trick! __________________ If there's a sucker born every minute, where do the rest of them come from?

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19th June 2007, 08:59 PM	#2
PHilgeman diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Arlington Heights, IL	Unfortunately the series resistance of the batteries themselves and the wiring would lower the current rating considerably, maybe you could get some really gigantic caps?!?!?

19th June 2007, 09:15 PM	#3
Hartono diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: currently in China	that much power might be enough to power a nuclear submarine...... No, make that UFO (unidentified flying objeeeee.....)

20th June 2007, 02:49 AM	#4
Conrad Hoffman diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canandaigua, NY USA	If you haven't seen it, this site should appeal to you- Sam Barro's Power Lab

20th June 2007, 06:41 AM	#5
Hartono diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: currently in China	very cool link Conrad !!!

21st June 2007, 03:56 AM	#7
KBK diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Wilds Of Canada	Electric beer opener!* POW! (for SY it would be an electric wine opener) *exploding bottles...