Capacitors So, even with a big beefy power transformer, and nice thick wires, you can never get enough current to a coil. Enter the Capacitor Caddy™. This fantastic device allows a bunch of reasonably priced Capacitors to be ganged up into a decent fast release energy store - just the thing for those pesky lethargic coils. The parts are 3D…
Final(?) assembly of my Gottleib Testing Power Supply What I wanted was a power supply that can give me lots of coil power and lighting power for 5Volt LEDs. What I got was everything except the 5Volt (I've not done the testing yet). I've been delayed doing this for ages - I wanted some furniture feet, big rubber stopper things…
Better is the Enemy of Done Words to live by. I've always hated napkin designs and quick sketches. They are ugly and confusing. There is no denying though, that they get the job done quick. The ugly schematic lead to a bit of ugly construction... So we have 240V switched with a circuit breaker, coil power switch, amp and volt…
The first thing you hear when you switch it on…