Microwave Transformer Lichtenberg Wiring Diagram

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Microwave transformer lichtenberg wiring diagram. Microwave oven transformer high voltage rig. For now to hook up the mot get a power cord and strip off the end exposing the live and neutral wires. In an ideal transformer the active input and output power are equal. The videos should give you good idea of the final product i m using only one of the 2 transformers.

On the left is a 12 000 volt neon sign transformer and on the right a 2 000 volt microwave oven transformer. Looking at how the voltage doubler circuit works inside a microwave it s the purpose of the capacitor and diode. 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. A practical demonstration of how to wire up a microwave transformer for lichtenburg figures.

This can trip the breaker it happened to me. The active power is what does the actual work such as generating heat. Both of these transformers produce voltages and currents sufficient to kill someone. 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.

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. So the output power drops a bit as the efficiency is not 100. It gives approx 4kv using a 2kv transforme. Of course there are other factors in real life that waste power such as winding wire resistances transformer core losses and such.

Safety procedures must be carefully followed or a fatal accident can happen. I show how i made my lichtenberg wood burning machine from a microwave oven transformer to burn lichtenberg figures or fractal burns. For my first instructable i decided to make a high voltage power supply out of 2 microwaves. As a minimum i recommend the following.