Microwave Transformer Lichtenberg Wiring Diagram
The videos should give you good idea of the final product i m using only one of the 2 transformers.
Microwave transformer lichtenberg wiring diagram. Engineering diy electronics electrical panel wiring electrical circuit diagram electrical projects. May 13 2019 explore glasperw s board microwave transformer on pinterest. For now to hook up the mot get a power cord and strip off the end exposing the live and neutral wires. You can use a microwave transformer to build a machine that will produce lichtenberg figures.
See more ideas about microwave transformer burning wood with electricity microwave. In this project you ll learn step by step how to modify a microwave oven transformer into a high current device that can pump out 800 amps of electrical current which is enough amperage to melt metal. That said be sure to finish off the project with wire nuts and or electrical tape to make the finished product a heck of a lot safer. So long as you re 100 sure the microwave or whatever device you re harvesting the transformer from is unplugged from the wall the only shock you re at all likely to get is from static.
Microwave transformers generate about 2000v ac so all i had to do other than get the transformer out of the microwave was get the wiring set up. We will talk about how to fix that later. Lichtenberg figures september 2020. One thing about microwave transformers is that without a ballast mot s draw high amounts of current in the 30 amperes range if using 120 volt mains.
For my first instructable i decided to make a high voltage power supply out of 2 microwaves. Jan 6 2020 explore able acres goat farming wood s board lichtenberg burner for wood followed by 567 people on pinterest. See more ideas about lichtenberg microwave transformer burning wood with electricity. Lichtenberg figures are formed when high voltage electricity passes along the surface of an insulated material.
I wasn t too familiar with lichtenberg figures themselves as they weren t mentioned in any of my engineering classes. How to make a lichtenberg burner with a microwave transformer. Microwave oven transformer high voltage rig. Making lightning tree figures aka lichtenberg figures using the transformer out of a microwave oven that produces about 2000 volts run on 120 vac.