The weird fucky version of type B they use in Thailand is missing. It’s like the fucky version of the type L that’s displayed except the fuckyness was added to a different base type.

To get anywhere I think you’d need an extension for the 4 pin CPU power cable. That one going diagonal is the worst thing here and zip ties can’t fix it.

Why are you asking us, instead of them?

The dectector and the variable field (that induces the localized measurable changes) stop between scans, but the static magnetic field is kept up.

As long as you keep up the superconductitvity there is basically no electrical loss in the coils. Dialing the magnetic field down would require pulling out the energy, and reinjecting new energy to get the field back up. That’s the slow part, because injecting current quickly would heat the coil above superconductivity, leading to a quench.

I’m not sure how energy is withdrawn in the ordinary shutdown procedure, but I expect it is exchanged into heat and vented to the outside air in some way, rather than reinjected into the grid in a usable form. (The latter would require an inverter to turn the DC back into AC synchronized to the grid, probably would increase complexity by too much). So I suspect it would be wasteful too.

all they needed was a magnet of equal or greater strength

MRI magnets are electromagnets that are supercooled with liquid helium and take hours to start or stop because of the electrical energy that has to be put in or taken out.

So just having a magnet of equal strengh for idiot defense would be a very significant waste of electricity and helium unfortunately

Well at least that definitely puts a stop to any misguided second term ambitions.