Homebrew PCBs

In a message dated 4/7/2005 10:53:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
tower.op@... writes:

Might  this be something that one would be advised to NOT dismantle, fire
up on a  breadboard, and see what happens???


Steve:  If dismantled for parts, HOW would it be dangerous?   Loose 
components and cords that once comprised a microwave oven are NOT evil  radiators of 
deadly energy as certain evangelicals have tried to imply!  I  have a pair of 
magnet-rings from our old dead microwave on a spindle, like-poles  facing, so 
one is held "up in the air" ("levitation") on our  coffee-table.  More than ONE 
person has picked this up, fiddled with it a  bit, looked FRUSTRATEDLY 
confused and put it down, again without saying a  word.  Guess they don't want to 
expose their failure in ninth-grade general  science!
 
The transformer was BOBBIN-WOUND and the E-I core NOT soaked in Formvar, so  
customizing that big ol' transformer was straightforward!  Such a "new one"  
would have cost at least  $30!            Jan  Rowland


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