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The Five Thousand Volt Soda Can Crusher
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... juice into the can chopped it in half, a few shards of tattered aluminum the only things keeping the crushed pieces together. This wonderfully whimsical (and probably very dangerous) use of Bob’s $100 Ebay score rendered the zapping unit itself non-functional. Bob says “I tried to use it again but discovered that the power transformer was shorted and the diode was blown to bits”.
A shame, but if you’re going to go, then go with a bang, we guess.
5 KV Soda Can Crusher [Bob Davis ...
Say hello to the 5,000 volt can crusher
DVICE Atom Feed —
... power supply? Hell, you might as well build a can crusher out of it, right? That's just what Bob Davis did. Bob stripped the unit down to the supply itself, a huge 100 microfarad capacitor and a (broken) meter. After hooking the thing up to a pumpkin (no effect) and an apple (blown to pieces) he turned his sites on an innocent soda can.The video takes a bit to get going, but it's worth the wait. Just skip to right near the end to get to the good stuff.
Bob Davis via GadgetLab
5000-Volt Soda Can Crusher May Be Too Extreme
Tech Blog —
... When stepping on a soda can just won't do, this 5000V machine should do the trick, and to the extreme. Bob Davis, the creator, "almost split a soda can in half on the first test run." Continue reading for the video -- skip to 2:15 for the crushing.
To test out the rebuilt power supply I used an apple and then a pumpkin. The apple was soft and mushy but it blew to pieces at 5 KV. The pumpkin did not blow up at all.
[via Bobdavis]
5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can [DIY]
Gizmodo —
... The first test was caught on tape, and despite issues with a broken meter, the device managed to crush the hell out of that soda can. In fact, it was so powerful that the power transformer shorted out and the diode was "blown to bits". Interesting, but not quite as manly as it could be. I'm waiting to see someone build a crusher that smashes a can flat on a dummy's skull. [Bob Davis via ...
