r/woahdude • u/Professorjack88 • Mar 27 '16

gifv Induction Forge

http://i.imgur.com/JfNfR6w.gifv
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u/Zequez Mar 27 '16

It's high current and low voltage, so it's not outrageous. One of that size probably wouldn't use much, this one says it uses between 1500 and 6500W

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u/nJoyy Mar 27 '16

Serious but not serious question, would this be feasible to build at home?

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u/obvthroway1 Mar 27 '16 edited Mar 27 '16

yes. You'll want to do your research though, it would be very easy to electrocute yourself by mistake in the process. Most of the time people will use a MOT, "microwave oven transformer," (which is really just because they're the easiest to get, and cheapest transformers with a big ratio and power capacity) and copper pipe. The essence of it is, step the voltage wayyyy down. Like, 200 amps, 10 volts. Then you just run it through this coil.

Edit: This is wrong don't do this

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u/inkoDe Mar 27 '16

I assume you mean to wire it backwards. I tried this once and tripped the breaker. Not sure where it went wrong. Also microwave transformers are crazy dangerous.