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Neight
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Hello, I have a question from some playing i was doing with an electromagnet.
I made a simple electromagnet out of a nail and some small gauge wire (not sure of the gauge). I wrapped another nail with some un-insulated wire of the same gauge and left it un-connected to any power supply. I connected the insulated wire to a wall outlet that converted AC to 12v 800mA DC. I brought the head ends of the two wrapped nails together and got a vibration and heard a bit of humming. after a few minutes of playing with this the AC adapter burned out and produced a heavy ozone smell.
(sorry if this is a bit confusing, i am not really that good at explaining myself)
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above is the orientation of the nails to each other if that helps at all. the red one is the hot wrapped insulated nail and the black is the cold un-insulated nail
(all that to say this) my question is - what was the vibration i felt between the nails and the humming noise. if i touched the nail heads together the vibration stopped and if they were too far apart it also stopped. i am guessing the humming may have been in the AC converter but i am not positive.
if clarification is needed please let me know. and thanks to anyone who can help me out!
I made a simple electromagnet out of a nail and some small gauge wire (not sure of the gauge). I wrapped another nail with some un-insulated wire of the same gauge and left it un-connected to any power supply. I connected the insulated wire to a wall outlet that converted AC to 12v 800mA DC. I brought the head ends of the two wrapped nails together and got a vibration and heard a bit of humming. after a few minutes of playing with this the AC adapter burned out and produced a heavy ozone smell.
(sorry if this is a bit confusing, i am not really that good at explaining myself)
<=========I I============>
above is the orientation of the nails to each other if that helps at all. the red one is the hot wrapped insulated nail and the black is the cold un-insulated nail
(all that to say this) my question is - what was the vibration i felt between the nails and the humming noise. if i touched the nail heads together the vibration stopped and if they were too far apart it also stopped. i am guessing the humming may have been in the AC converter but i am not positive.
if clarification is needed please let me know. and thanks to anyone who can help me out!