This can trip the breakerit happened to me. Lichtenberg figures are formed when high voltage electricity passes along the surface of an insulated material.
Make A Wood Burning Transformer
Microwave transformer lichtenberg wiring diagram. To wire it correctly you must connect the cases together and ground it then arc between the 2 hv out wires. One thing about microwave transformers is that without a ballast mots draw high amounts of current in the 30 amperes range if using 120 volt mains. If you would like to donate to my channel so i can upgrade my video equipment here is the link. For now to hook up the mot get a power cord and strip off the end exposing the live and neutral wires. I show how i made my lichtenberg wood burning machine from a microwave oven transformer to burn lichtenberg figures or fractal burns. If you want more power you can wire 2 microwave oven transformers in series as a half resonant circuit or better yet wire 2 in series in parallel with 2 more in series and connect them like this.
It gives approx 4kv using a 2kv transformer pulsed dc so arcs are not massive. We will talk about how to fix that later. Wiring up the microwave transformer having sourced your microwave remove the casing and you will clearly see the transformer sitting below the magnetron and to the side of the oven itself. I believe you wired this wrong. You can use a microwave transformer to build a machine that will produce lichtenberg figures. Looking at how the voltage doubler circuit works inside a microwave its the purpose of the capacitor and diode.
How to make a lichtenberg burner with a microwave transformer. Beside it there should be a capacitor connected by a heavy duty wire to the high voltage side of the transformer the secondary coil.
Gallery of Microwave Transformer Lichtenberg Wiring Diagram
