It's the current that kills (100-200mA). I acquired a 5kV / 30mA neon sign transformer when I was a teenager, did a lot of experiments with it, and never got shocked. Every now-and-then I still fire it up for a few zaps, but I'm not scared because I'm cautious. Due to it's construction, it's not supposed to be capable of producing a fatal current so even if I did make a mistake, it probably wont cause me to die.
On the other hand, the 2 MOTs I have are terrifying despite being much lower voltage, and I've only fired them up twice with 5-foot hotsticks. One tiny mistake, and I'm dead. Period. Game-over; no extra lives. The arcs are pretty wicked, but it's far better to watch someone else do it on youtube. The only reason I've kept them is for a possible Tesla coil project, or neon-tube bombarder, but that hasn't happened even after 20 years and probably never will. On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 6:46:09 PM UTC-7 charles wrote: > On 2022-05-12 13:38, liam bartosiewicz wrote: > > High voltage like that from a microwave oven transformer terrifies me, > > I’ve only just begun to make things that take power directly from mains > > and not a wall wart. It’s no wonder why people say MOTs kill more > > electronics hobbyists than anything else. > > "big clive tobin" on you tube explains it well. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBeSKL9zVro > > > -- > Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario > [email protected] Just Beyond the Fringe > No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/403993a1-0836-4f65-8e01-a34cb219390dn%40googlegroups.com.
