I'm trying to create a permanent magnet. I have a steel rod. I wrap AWG
6 around the rod twice (so I got a two layer coil) and directly connect it to a 12V DC battery for like a tractor or snowmobile (235 cold cranking amps).Very little happens. A max of 5A comes out and I can't even make an electromagnet.
Can anyone tell me what I can do to get an extremely high amperage pulse? Are there any power supplies that will generate a high amp current? I'm thinking like 80 amps at 12V.