Salvaging $4 Microwaves + How To Play with HV Safely

[@trenthighvoltage]

I'd like to point out; at 7:05, I said keep live high voltage things away from things such as power strips, cords, etc as much as possible, you should do the same to power strips when using them for high voltage stuff. As you can see, I have a power strip on the front side of my table and I had my MOT setup pretty close there. This is not a safe thing however, so don't repeat what I do either way.

[@shawncalderon4950]

‘I like higher voltage because it’s better”. This line was the best!

[@trenthighvoltage]

that's the truth lol! Helps a lot with bigger arcs. Lower voltage higher current arcs are nice as well, very loud and aggressive, but the arcs arent that big sadly... would have to use A LOT more power just to get a little better result.

[@shawncalderon4950]

@@trenthighvoltage I just found your channel and love it. Keep up the good work!

[@schaltnetzteil495]

Thanks for making this video. You did an awesome job at explaining the dangers of high voltage. I only have a single MOT with capacitor and diode right now, but I'm going to get more in the future. Btw: I'm one of those lucky people who have 230V in their wall sockets.

[@herrlito-hv]

Well done bro nice Video!

[@trenthighvoltage]

ty

[@TheTubejunky]

This is amazingly humorous and DANGEROUS... Perfect blend. This man has more common sense MOST current day college students!

[@shawncalderon4950]

Your videos are addictive!

[@trenthighvoltage]

thanks!

[@roentgen226]

i also like to keep my HV side wires as short and small as possible and use ground side as chicken stick

[@trenthighvoltage]

good idea

[@silas661]

amazing video! I love that it was educational while having a very unique charm I wasnt able to find in any other videos. Also i appreciate the safety warnings always important (ps defintely jealous of your massive microwave parts collection xd)

[@squishvr174]

if this man ever gets access to a voltage multiplier then we are all doomed

[@trenthighvoltage]

? it's just a voltage multiplier...

[@squishvr174]

@@trenthighvoltage it was a joke, sorry for the confusion.

[@elmultimediaschoolofartscu3924]

❤❤❤, I just saw this channel 😊. Thank you I am subscribing immediately. REQUEST: Can you do a video on transformers (where to salvage or find transformers - same as microwave transformers - I saw on this video that fridges also have them😮. That was a shock to me, now I can go find them 2. Second video - could you venture into DIY generators - self running - using microwave transformers. I have faith In you 🙏💟❤. Keep up the great work. May your channel grow Sir!

[@trenthighvoltage]

wdym fridges also have them? lol

[@TheTubejunky]

@@trenthighvoltage He probably means compressors in the fridge. I don't think he understands enough yet. If he reads this "Please learn learn learn then learn then make things". Stay safe.

[@TrenboloneAcetat]

Thanks man! I think this is the best tutorial, nobody has ever explained it in such details!

[@trenthighvoltage]

Thanks, I tried my best

[@Alexelectricalengineering]

Very nice video, thumbs up 👍 I was playing with the magnetron plasma flame 🔥 it's awesome but dangerous I used a faraday cage to contain the microwaves

[@trenthighvoltage]

I heard microwaves will radiate heat in almost a 180 degrees angle, and the plasma flame just uses up most of the energy. just be careful! faraday cage is a good idea.

[@Alexelectricalengineering]

@@trenthighvoltage I was do the experiment already (sorry autocorrect get me I wanted to say playing), I noticed that as long as the flame is burning everything is ok, if it goes out there is radio interference even with the faraday cage, but still really cool flame, note that I didn't put my head near the magnetron

[@Alexelectricalengineering]

@@trenthighvoltage There is a video on my channel if you are interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKe8qqClgtydb7s (The output was not quite right, my setup was slightly wrong the voltage dubler was not set up properly)

[@peterjameson321]

Brilliant! Thanks Trent!

[@trenthighvoltage]

Np

[@vtron8580]

It’s also a good idea to add a kill switch and a dead man switch between the mains and the variac( which is connected to your high voltage experiments)

[@MadPlasmatist]

Glad to see you talk about safety, there have been some pretty intense moments for me while watching your videos! Thanks for all of your efforts - Volt on!!

[@trenthighvoltage]

yep!

[@DolezalPetr]

I like high voltage

[@trenthighvoltage]

me too, dont we all

[@MarshawnDixon]

Yea! I have a microwave transformer and capacitor and I’m about to make some arcs!

[@AUSonic2644]

Same!:)

[@MarshawnDixon]

@@trenthighvoltage Yup!

[@MarshawnDixon]

@@trenthighvoltage I also think I broke my transformer because I connected everything and it worked for a little bit but I think I blew it out. It was a spark so can you tell me what to do?

[@the-erro1]

Over the carpet!? It also a fire risk!

[@VariacManiac]

Ballsack winding at 3:36.

[@trenthighvoltage]

haha XD

[@generalingwer4341]

Did u ever break open a microwave,just to find a trojan horse of roaches😂?

[@minirambo921]

Finally another video

[@trenthighvoltage]

😁

[@AnythingOutdoorswithSteve]

It appears as though you have the capacitors in line with the HV output side (small screen) these cant possibly be rated for 15kv, so i have to assume not

[@trenthighvoltage]

Microwave capacitors are rated up to like 3500-4000V DC, from what I've heard.

[@ElIsraelJijijiji]

Hey my short appeared :D, plus my video description warns about microwaves being dangerous

[@trenthighvoltage]

ok, but still, most people dont read description to be honest

[@Uiyhin]

im 14 and scared now thanks lol

[@trenthighvoltage]

glad i could help ya

[@Uiyhin]

Im still 14 and even more careful thank you

[@zhornz]

i didnt want to ask the painting

[@trenthighvoltage]

huh?

[@zhornz]

@@trenthighvoltage i mean, what you draw

[@trenthighvoltage]

@@zhornz uhh, i dont draw, not sure what you're asking lol

[@500KiloVolt]

Is that a doo hickie gizmo gadget?

[@trenthighvoltage]

what?

[@HoorGuvLabs]

cool

[@trenthighvoltage]

ty

[@rodriguezfranco3839]

Your electricity bill must be pretty expensive

[@trenthighvoltage]

no lol? i don't pay bills, only part of rent to my parents, and, even with 10kW of power, it doesn't skyrocket the bill at all, unless you play with 10kW arcs for 8 hours a day 24/7. This is only a few hours of 10kW arcs, in one day, which is probably only a few dollars increase.

[@rodriguezfranco3839]

@@trenthighvoltage hehe , I was joking brother

[@trenthighvoltage]

@@rodriguezfranco3839 damn i thought you were one of those actually clueless people

[@picanazo420]

hope you dissasemble one of the 2kv 3uf capacitor to see whats inside :)

[@trenthighvoltage]

I'm keeping them, unless they pop or something. It's just foils and insulation just like any other ac caps

[@inductivelycoupledplasma6207]

​@@trenthighvoltage yeah, they look like they're built the same as any microwave caps. Nothing too interesting inside

[@HoorGuvLabs]

btw at 0:37 temmie#7287 made it iirc

[@trenthighvoltage]

yea he told me. credited

[@Thrustmaster64]

It's a damn wonder I'm still alive with two hands! I think I was like 10 when I started playing with one of these. I hooked up a magnetron too at one point. Also glad I've two working eyes and can still hear good (not to flex on you or anything lol), given all the little bombs I made as a kid and later as a teen! Worst shock I got was from a partially discharged microwave cap, from the tip of my middle finger to my thumb. I could feel it all the way in my chest. Also this one time I was barefoot, long hair sweaty, feeding a horse. A salty wet lock of hair touched the electric fence, and I saw a flash, heard a thump, and felt like someone punched me from the inside of my chest. No pain tho, strangely. I had one really close call a few years ago: I had built a little elecrolyser, which I used to fill up a janky diy cannon (the barrel was the tube from a telescoping umberella :D). I then decided HHO wasn't enough, and whipped up a stoichiometric mixture of butane and oxygen. Well, I didn't realize just how powerful it is. At this point I should mention that the chamber of the cannon was a FUCKING 0.33l GLASS BOTTLE! I had the thing loaded on the floor, and I was trying to light it with one of those piezo spark-generators from a lighter. I was crouched right next to the cannon, no eye-pro, no ear-pro, only thing is I held my leg between the chamber and my face, just in case it exploded. I couldn't get it to light. I then retreated to the other room, where the electrolyser was, spun it on, and filled the fill-tube still going to the bottle with HHO (tube was the insulation off some random length of wire from which I had pulled the copper out of, it can be done in a pinch if you need thin hose). I lit the end of the fill tube, and after a few tries I got the flame to travel to the cannon, and: **BOOOM!!!** I felt the boom in my chest, and I swear I could feel the floor shake. After the echo of the boom subsided, I could heart thousands of little pieces of glass rain down in the house. Might've been an actual detonation and not just a deflagration, it was that powerful. Some of the pieces left marks in the fucking ceiling, 1-2mm deep in the cardboard that they coat dry-wall panels with. Shattered the bottle to these weird 1-2mm wide, long shards, longest I found was bout an inch long, like a glass toothpick. Most were in the order of a few mm, tho. I still occasionally find them to this day. If I'd gotten it to light with that spark, I'd have a skin full of glass, maybe eyes too if I didn't have my leg in front (I didn't at first), and I don't think my ears would've liked it either. I was sooooo lucky that day. Nice video btw, might save someone.

[@trenthighvoltage]

Yikes man, and thanks

[@Jonodrew1286]

Awesome stuff - plenty of NO2 - hope you have some good ventilation. 😂😂😂👍👌🙏

[@trenthighvoltage]

i need to make a better one

[@nathanbunten4299]

The drawing are my favorite. The balls in the wall socket got me.

[@trenthighvoltage]

haha

[@SilverTerog2]

i just juse crocs. made out some thing ig

[@trenthighvoltage]

lol