Microwave Oven Transformer High Voltage Rig

Step 5: Power it Up!

Carefully, wearing non grounded shoes, holding non-conductive rods to push the switch, press the switches and hold them. Don't look directly at the arc without eye protection, it is close to the brightness of a welder. You should now have a spectacular arc to show off to your friends and family!

Comments

[bryanb333]

a cool thing to try with this is clamp a penny to one output and a nickle or some other metal to the other then make the arc.... half of te arc will be one color the other half a different color alsotr somthing gold plated if i remember correctly you get a bright white core whit a bluish sorta flame the pennies will be greenish ... lol we did this in my electronics class in high school :D

[BobS]

copper,  nickel and other heavy metals used in coins form very toxic fumes when vaporized. Even welding of zinc plated steel without fumes being extracted is very bad for the lungs.

toxic like disabled toxic, or dead toxic, not just cancer or COPD toxic!!

[bryanb333]

Also Note that whenever and arc is present you are actualy creating O_3 which is also poisonous it can cause sufication or something along those lines the molicules are larger than ur normal O_2 molicule

[Jimmy Proton]

ewh, metal smoke! don't breath this!

[Plasmana]

Haha! "Will it blend? That is the question" I love his shows

[Jimmy Proton]

hahahaha me to