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541087 No.541087[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

is there any way you guys can help me make an efficient emp gun at home? thanks!

>> No.541092

not sure if it will work op bit i m ganna give it a try.

i'm takeing a secondary coil from a microwave transformer and have a bank of smallish caps dump into it. io dont know anything about this so i'm not too sure if i am ganna need a iron core for it or if i need high voltage caps.

>> No.541105

>>541092
>I don't know anything about playing with high voltage electronics but I'm going to do it anyway

Other than the obvious fact that this is a stupid situation to put yourself in in the first place, I'll point out that the core of the transformer is going to absorb a lot of the flux the pulse generates.

>> No.541106

Your pic looks like a coil gun. Are you trying to make a device that uses electromagnets to launch a projectile or are you trying to generate enough webers to damage electrical devices at a distance?

>> No.541161 [DELETED] 

>>541087
There is no such thing as an "EMP gun".
EMPs only occur because of the detonation of a nuclear bomb.

Go do your homework, or your chores, or play your Xbox, or something.
If there's some kid you don't like go punch him in the mouth like any other kid would do and stop trying to make shit out of science fiction.
/thread

>> No.541170

541161, we all started somewhere, go fuck yourself
541092, transformers are designed to minimize leakage so any pulse you manage to make will be contained by the core, you might also kill your capacitors if they are electrolytic and you have no diodes to protect them

>> No.541175

>>541161
lol I've seen you comment the same thing in all /diy/

Do you hate kids, or not necessarily kids, but misguided people or something?

>> No.541196

Take door off microwave, stick your head in so you get a better view, turn it on and do society a favour, howzat

>> No.541199

>>541161
>EMPs only occur because of the detonation of a nuclear bomb.

EMP = ElectroMagnetic Pulse

A pulse is a short burst of electromagnetic energy of any kind. A camera flash is a type of weak EMP device. A lot of BBQs have push button lighters that are a type of weak EMP device. Neuron firing in your brain is EMP.

You don't need an nuclear device to make an EMP. Even smaller ones intended to disrupt electronics don't need to be nuclear powered.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT5EJYY_6HQ

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541243

>>541092
>i'm takeing a secondary coil from a microwave transformer and have a bank of smallish caps dump into it. io dont know anything about this so i'm not too sure if i am ganna need a iron core for it or if i need high voltage caps.
this project is clearly over your head and playing around with high voltage coils is legitimately dangerous.

>>541161
>EMPs only occur because of the detonation of a nuclear bomb.
wrong. also, way to /thread your own comment dipshit

i would be careful researching and starting threads on this subject. i'm sure you are an innocent teenager who just wants to nuke his friends sensitive electronics as a prank, but federal law enforcement types are extremely paranoid about the damage that could be done to infrastructure by a single "lone wolf" terrorist with a small electromagnetic pulse weapon. don't get your door kicked in.

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>>541243
>just wants to nuke his friends sensitive electronics as a prank

No need for all that hassle. Hammer works just fine.

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>>541248
some men just want to watch the world burn

>> No.541263

>>541161
>Go do your homework, or your chores, or play your XBox, or something
Are you the new Mr. X? I've seen that same phrase twice in like ten minutes.

>> No.541664

>>541161
There have been EMP generators rigged up for testing...Baldy the Wonder SEAL demonstrated one on Future Weapons.

A handheld EMP device would be pretty inefficient though.

>> No.541688

>>541196
>Implying microwaves made after 46,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 B.C.E.A.S.D.F.J.K.L allow you to turn them on without the dorr being attatched and closed.

>> No.541695

>>541688
The advanced safety mechanism generally employed being a button. Or maybe a switch. In any case, it's easily above the calibre of the denizens of /diy/ to disable, for sure.

>> No.541714

>>541695
There's usually 2-3 buttons that are pressed to complete the circuit when the door is fully closed. They are great for salvaging and using for other things.

>> No.541741

>>541695
>>541714

To my knowledge, there are actually several switches, and at least one of them tends to be obfuscated somewhat. Additionally, some microwaves are designed in such a way that bypassing only some of these will blow a fuse particularly violently, probably to discourage ignorant experimentation.