Re: First Light

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Hhchicken1-at-aol-dot-com>

*Terry - I thought the list might be interested in this as well, so I'm 
posting back onto the list 

Hi Aleks, 
>Did the 
>capacitors and diodes come from the microwaves you took the transformers out 
>of? If so, were both miocrowaves of the same design? 
The transformers, capacitors and diodes all came from 2 Toshiba DeltaWave 
microwaves I think, which I got from the local scrapyard - they had about 30 
different microwaves to choose from.  The components in the microwaves were 
more or less identical despite the two microwaves having a different model 
number.  All components had the same model number.  I think most Toshiba 
microwaves use similar components, I took apart a different toshiba model and 
the capacitor and diode were identical, and the transformer very similar but 
slightly smaller.  I did try using that smaller transformer in my circuit, 
and the power output was slightly less giving about half an inch shorter 
sparks. 
BTW, when running the circuit for extended periods of time (over a minute or 
two) the MOTs, Voltage doubler capacitors and especially the diodes get quite 
warm.  I don't intend to run it longer than 3 minutes anyway, so I should be 
safe but I'll let you know if anything blows.  I have placed the capacitors 
in a box as a shrapnel shield. 
I'll put up a page with some photos as soon as I can get some scanned in :) 

Henry