Equipment: A flashlight connected in series with a wire coil, a small (~2L) dewar of liquid nitrogen, safety goggles and safety gloves. What it does: When the coil is at room temperature, the ...

Wrap the 4-inch nail with a coil of 25 to 50 turns of the wire. Connect one end of the coil to one terminal of the knife switch. Connect the other terminal of the knife switch to the battery.

A coil of wire, or solenoid, consists of a wire coiled up into a spiral shape. When an electric current flows, the shape of the magnetic field is very similar to the field of a bar magnet.

This build puts a homemade induction stove well within reach of anyone with an appropriate power supply and enough wire and inductors to build the coils. [mircemk] has made somewhat of a name for ...

A coil of wire, or solenoid, consists of a wire coiled up into a spiral shape. When an electric current flows, the shape of the magnetic field is very similar to the field of a bar magnet.