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Day: October 17, 2007

Quarter Shrinker (can Crusher Follow-up)

October 17, 2007 by Will O'Brien 11 Comments


[Paul Anderson] sent in this classic quarter shrinker after seeing the can crusher the other day. It’s another high powered pulse shot into a coil system, but uses a solenoid actuated spark gap switch to swith those sweet high voltages. The results are quite impressive.

Posted in Misc HacksTagged dimes, high voltage, highvoltage, money hacks, MoneyHacks, quarters, toroid

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