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radiotech wrote ...
Experimenters have been arcing stuff for ages. This guy , 74 years ago, looks about the age of coilers, no?
Before MOTs transformers could be ripped out of big tube radios.
Another question would be who was the first to make a U-Tube.
Monkey see, monkey do.
I have 6 of that series. The last one has number 10 on it. Do you know how many numbers were in print and if someone ever scanned them? I loved them and tried several experiments when I was young, and, survived. I guess safety is a relative term!
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Saz43 wrote ...
ScotchTapeLord wrote ...
LOL! Such a safe setup he has there. I think I know why that is no longer in print.
Nonsense, that experiment looks perfectly safe. Surely his chemistry apron would protect him from the high voltage.
Seriously, I wonder how many people died because of that.
When I was in Jurnior High (back in the early 1960's) my Electric Shop teacher had the kids make what he called an "Electric Cannon". It was probably the very first version of today's Coil Gun. It was made by wrapping 14 Ga enameled wire around a copper tube, and we made a rear contact out of a flat strip of copper. The cannon shot inch long pieces of steel welding rod or coathanger across the room. It was powered directly from the 120V AC wall outlet, and was EXTREMELY dangerous due to the electric shock hazard. But back in those days, safety was not a consideration. I guess they figured that if you got shocked, then you'll learn not to get shocked again (which has some truth to it)! There is no way that a school teacher today would be allowed to show his/her class how to make such dangerous "toys"!
In regards to ripping a MOT out of a microwave oven, I started doing that around the late 1980's. In fact, I did a LOT of experiments with used microwave ovens. One very succcessful experiment was I pulled all the active components out of an oven, and mounted them in along with another oven's components. In other words, I created a microwave oven with 2 magnetrons, 2 waveguides, and two power supplies. It worked great, and could boil a cup of cold water in about 30 seconds! The only problem was the fact that it drew about 20 Amps from the outlet, so I had to temporarily replace my 15 Amp breaker with a 25 Amp one.
So, there ya go, guys. If you can't find anyone else who claims to have ripped out an MOT from a microwave oven before the late 1980's, then I may have been the first guy to do that!!!!
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Thanks radiotech. That is what I have in the back of mine too (original edition). Looks like there were no other one made after these. I guess I was hoping for more after these. I'll look for that Lindsey issue to get those that I am missing. Really enjoyed those when I was younger.
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