![]() ![]() I showed her the safety switch that prevents the oven from operating with the cover removed. As i was working on the unit I was explaining to the wife the hazards involved. ![]() I figured it was all the bacon grease inside and a simple cleaning would eliminate the problem. Working on our home micro that would make a loud zaap zaaap at startup. I have also repaired several microwaves in my time. It wouldn’t be worth it financially anyway after the cost required safety equipment alone. I have work on no break loads of 127kV and there is no way that I would attempt his in a domestic environment. This is so very very far from safe in every conceivable aspect. Then I see people holding a wire rated at 50Volts and is carrying 2,000 volts so they are effectively connected to that wire and the only thing saving them is that they are insulated from the other polarity of the hi voltage.īut they think they are safe because of the 50volt insulation of the wire. Safety is an exceptionally complex thing. What are the limits of their cognitive load. What susceptibilities they have to distraction. What the limits of their spatial awareness may be. What their instinctive reflexes are and what could be the consequences of that. Safety is about understanding the limitations of the human in the middle of it all. Safety isn’t about how you construct the environment using “safe” equipment. Safety is about preparing for things you expect could go wrong though that is a part of it. Posted in Art, Science Tagged electrical safety, fire safety, high voltage, high voltage MOT, microwave oven transformer, MOT, public safety, safety Post navigationīut then there’s that day when it doesn’t turn on so you go down there to see why and drop dead because it did turn on but there was another problem that wasn’t obvious. ![]() Lithium Ion batteries are known for doing the same, and these Lessons in Lithium Ion Safety are a good refresher course. Of course high voltage isn’t the only way to spark a debate (or a fire). Perhaps such considerations will help us decide what mediums we want to use to share our projects with the world. Surely a 60 second TikTok video isn’t enough to do that, no more than a pair of jumper cables are suitable for safely handling 2-3 kV. What’s the takeaway from all of this? As hackers who share our projects with the world, it’s on us to convey any danger that somebody else may put themselves in by following our footsteps. Surely such ones are not cavalier with their own lives on a regular basis, but the seemingly innocuous “cool” factor seems to have made this highly dangerous project seem more attractive than dangerous, especially as it gets more popular on social media platforms such as TikTok. While many in the Hacker community would have our hackles raised, many of the people who will do such projects aren’t familiar with electrical safety of any kind, but are rather more interested in the artistic effects for inclusion in woodworking projects. Other projects using MOT’s typically rip out the high voltage secondary windings and re-wind them as low voltage, high amperage transformers, and are using in Spot Welders and even arc welders.Īs laid out by, the voltages coming from an unmodified MOT, ranging from 2-3 KV (That’s between two and three thousand Volts) at a very low impedance are right up there in the “Don’t go near it!” territory. The High Voltage is supplied by an unmodified Microwave Oven Transformer. The results of Fractal Wood Burning with High Voltageįractal Burning is a hobby where wood is burned by slathering wood in a conductive slurry and then applying high voltage to either side of the wood, usually using something not rated for high voltage, such as jumper cables. Sadly, there are over 30 documented cases of this project killing people, and more cases of permanent grievous injury. But then we watched the video and did some googling. With that out of the way, we have to admit that when we saw the subject “The most deadly project on the Internet” on ’s YouTube channel, we were a bit skeptical. And then, go to your local search engine and search the phrase “fractal burning death”. Before deciding whether the headline of this article is clickbait, please take a moment to watch the excellent video by below the break. ![]()
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