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 … Read More
Author: Steve
Tesla Space Gun 2000
For this year’s Gaussfest I decided to make a dub siren and connect it to Odin. A dub siren is basically a very simple analog synth used to make sound … Read More
Lightning bolt light fitting
Wanted a track light fitting for the living room and more aluminium welding practice 20x20mm square tube (ashamed to admit I bought it from B&Q) was cut into the shape … Read More
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… Odin set up … Read More
Running Ubuntu ARM64 on your Raspberry Pi CM4
This took a huge amount of fiddling and was very confusing, so documenting it here for my own benefit and others’. Those blue LEDs >_< I wanted to run Ubuntu … Read More
PFC part 11: 3 phase test
Finally the long awaited test happened (you can read all posts about the PFC here) We plugged it into the 3 phase outlet and it started up normally! When smashed … Read More
Don’t contact me, I’ll contact you
Another problem I have with the cabin heater testing (And the PFC testing ) is that the PFC is not designed to start up into a load. This isn’t a … Read More
Tesla Model 3 heater testing
I thought I’d better test the characteristics of the PTC elements in a scientific manner as opposed to just applying 750V DC from the PFC and seeing what happens. When … Read More
Tesla Model 3 cabin heater teardown
I needed a high power dummy load that was a bit more health and safety friendly than my bucket of immersion heaters. I investigated lots of possibilities until I eventually … Read More