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Kiwihvguy

Tue Nov 01 2011, 07:37PM

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WOW! That is one helluva collection of trannies, I'm so jealous. Where did you get them all?

Thomas W

Tue Nov 01 2011, 07:54PM

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@above
i think you will find these things collect up after a while from dissasembling machinary, i got a load from a old CNC Mill ;D

Platinum

Tue Nov 01 2011, 08:22PM

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I do not have any because I cannot get any microwaves, my local dump wont let you take anything and I can't find any.

Tetris

Tue Nov 01 2011, 09:08PM

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I wish I had a MOT. I so badly want a MOT. MOTs are pretty and so are their arcs. My dad isn't dumping any of our old microwaves though. So... SOOOOOOON. Until then, I'll just use my NST for a crappy jacobs ladder and ghetto fail coil. XD however keeping it outside on halloween meant getting 10 people wanting to touch it, and 1 person actually knowing the name, and everyone actually thing=king that its REALLY high voltage... of course they think that mains is high voltage too... LOL

Inducktion

Tue Nov 01 2011, 10:05PM

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HighVoltageChick wrote ...

I wish I had a MOT. I so badly want a MOT. MOTs are pretty and so are their arcs. My dad isn't dumping any of our old microwaves though. So... SOOOOOOON. Until then, I'll just use my NST for a crappy jacobs ladder and ghetto fail coil. XD however keeping it outside on halloween meant getting 10 people wanting to touch it, and 1 person actually knowing the name, and everyone actually thing=king that its REALLY high voltage... of course they think that mains is high voltage too... LOL

I'm afraid of MOT's, though, and I'm 17.

There's just something about 2 kV at half an amp that scares the bejeebus out of me, so...Keep that in mind.

pauleddy

Tue Nov 01 2011, 11:14PM

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i dont think this counts as a MOT but its my biggest transfomer.

Mads Barnkob

Tue Nov 01 2011, 11:31PM

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JÃ³zef C wrote ...

WOW! That is one helluva collection of trannies, I'm so jealous. Where did you get them all?

I am a electrician, I often come by components that are getting thrown out. All the MOTs come from a single visit to a recycle station, a colleague of mine picked up 30 microwave ovens and after a while he gave it all to me :)

Kiwihvguy

Wed Nov 02 2011, 12:04AM

Registered Member #3395 Joined: Thu Nov 04 2010, 08:42AM
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Beautiful but dangerous, huh? Haha, just be careful with them. They REALLY do kill, and will not get any 2nd chances with them.

Alex M

Thu Nov 03 2011, 05:08AM

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I don't have any unfortunately, and where I live the nearest recycling center and scrap yard do not let you take anything (stupid health and safety).

Actually I could of got hold of one when my mother got a new microwave but unfortunately the old one had been taken to the recycling center long before I even knew we had a new one!

Mark-H

Thu Nov 03 2011, 11:20AM

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If you're in the UK, just ask on Freecycle in your local areas. They're given away daily in the SE England.
If I get them, I make stacks of 10 magnet "springs" using the doughnut magnets from the magnetrons all mounted on dowel and give them away to the local kids.
I've stopped collecting the MOTs and the local drive by scrap merchant takes the rest from the driveway.
Maybe I should rescue the trannies again and offer them here?
Cheers.

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