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HACKED!: Microwave Transformer becomes a High Current Transformer

2016-06-12

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WARNING: This project uses mains voltage. Do not replicate it!

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Picture I used to show off the weld: http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-Skateboard-v20/

In this episode of HACKED! I want to create a weld for my electric longboard. But I do not have a welding machine. That is why I will repurpose an old transformer from a microwave into a high current transformer that should be capable of doing the job.

Music:

2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats


trim off all the excess copper
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connected one side of the secondary coil directly to the sheets
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form a new secondary coil with a total of eight windings
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