Microwave Transformer HV Arcs
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my god your mots sound like there crying for help!!!!
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my Single Microwave Oven Transformer Pulls a 15 Amp Breaker in a little Under a Minute drawing a Continous Arc.
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@MikeHV Fuck no. I've put loads of metal in a lot of microwaves and i haven't killed one of them. Unless you start a fire
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i have yet to see a easy to biuld by, circiut or diaghram to biuld this
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@MikeHV Its because when you put load on the output of the transformer it creates a counteracting magnetic field that the input side of the transformer has to counteract by drawing more amps.... not sure if thats 100% right but im pretty sure its something along those lines..... same thing happens when you drop a powerful magnet through a copper pipe.... it will fall really slowly due to the magnet creating an electric current in the copper that counteracts its own field.
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damn sounds like you rewound the secondary.. they buzzing really bad
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hello, do you know about how much copper wire is in one of those transformers? im looking for some to wind a tesla coil... thanks
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nice but this soun is terrorific
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Are you using the caps to limit the current?
Yea, last I checked, personal anecdotes don't set the standard. Just because you haven't had problems doesn't mean
MikeHV 1 year ago
When you use a microwave the food or water in the microwave is the load and absorbing the energy from the microwaves. Fat, water, etc, does that absorb that much charge. Place a large piece of metal in the microwave immersed in water and you might blow the breaker then. That is if the MOT doesnt fry first.
gt4awd 5 years ago
Yeh, putting metal in a microwave is always a bad idea...
MikeHV 5 years ago