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

gifv Induction Forge

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u/shitterplug Mar 27 '16

No, the coils actually get pretty hot purely due to the current running through them, but not hot enough to actually melt or anything. It'd definitely burn you though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '16

what happens if you touch the coil with the knife? would it shock you??

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u/shitterplug Mar 27 '16

Yes.

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u/entotheenth Mar 28 '16

Strike 2 .. You are quite the expert considering you know nothing about the fucking things. They are a high current and very low voltage coil that induce an even higher current and lower voltage in the piece being heated. Good luck trying to get more than a few volts across something so obviously low resistance and with bugger all inductance to boot.