Gaussfest 2022

Odin made another appearance at Nottingham Gaussfest 2022. This year I got to run outdoors with a 32A 3 phase supply! A new spark record of 10ft was set, and a new power consumption record of around 15kW.

The Tesla Space Gun 2000 dub siren and drum machine were unleashed on an unsuspecting public.

I was so busy setting up and running the coil that I didn’t have a chance to get any photos.

But plenty of other people did.

this video was shot by Mark of tuopeek.com (Not toupees, autocorrect!) and gives a good impression of the whole event. Odin can be seen around 1:50.

if Tesla made an estate car…
Going to bury this coal to offset my performance
some other really cool exhibits

Gaussfest 2021

This bonkers event was organised by Extreme Electronics at Papplewick Pumping Station in Nottinghamshire. One of the few venues where Odin‘s full power can safely be deployed…

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Odin set up in the boiler house. All steam powered, no EMC worries 🙂
The control position next to the boilers
Tapping into 3 phase 415V supply
Can you identify the tune being covered?
More importantly, can YouTube’s content ID algorithm?

Look out for Mike “Electricstuff” with fingers in his ears

Boiler house switchboard… Yes my setup moved the meters 🙂
Mmmm, asbestos
This generator was a bit too small to power Odin 🙁
This one was too big
My performance did actually use about 10kW
An event like this would not be possible without defibrillators and a tea room.