This Is Why We Don’t Toss Out Broken Microwaves | Remake Projects 

Extremely talented, this is not your typical project. Very cool btw. As soon as I saw the gauge of wire I knew it was going to be good. 😍👍🙌

Showing instructions on this without going over safety precautions is extremely irresponsible.

You can d!e from misusing a microwave in dozens of ways, some not even including the transformer

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yeah, pretty irresponsible here, if there was ever a need for a disclaimer, this would be it

@@namaan123 Not his responsibility. Anyone that does not understand how electricity works should not mess with this anyway. Plain and simple. I knew someone trying to make a wood burner from a old microwave and it killed him. Luckily I thought he was a idiot before and he only improved the gene pool as far as U am concerned. I think it is a sue happy world and it is freaking common since try at your own risk. Would you watch a youtube video showing openheart surgery and try to save a buck on your wife if she needed it? You people drive me nuts.

A little heads up on the dangers of disturbing the insulators in the magnetron wouldn’t go amiss either.....

In his defense nowhere in his title does it state that this is instructional video or a how to. In which case anybody that doesn't have a basic understanding of current, voltage, capacitors, transformers, inductors etc shouldn't be trying to replicate this process in the first place.

Here is your disclaimer: BEWARE - GOING OUTSIDE, STAYING INSIDE OR DOING ANYTHING AT ALL MAY RESULT IS PERSONAL INJURY.

DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!😮☠️☠️☠️

Why is it ppl get tatooz?

People have died doing this!

I made it to 1:05 before I checked out and gave this stinker a thumbs down like the other 43 thousand people and counting who feel the same way. Nope.

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This probably the most valuable information out of this whole video.

Salvaged transformer can be valuable. I kept a magnet from a klystron tube, that sucker will rip a tool out of your hands

@@marcopolo9446 only do it if u know what u are doing. Or it may endup badly

Oil filter has entered the chat...

Put the magnets on the outside of the pan. I doubt if stuck to tge inside bottom theyd come loose but not worth the risk

LOL. Like that comment. But....amazing what people do, if they have the right tools

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Imagine how fast that could re-heat a cold mug of coffee... ☕ ⚡

Pretty sure you can buy a spot welder for < $100

@@Shockmeslow Can't buy the satisfaction of creating one though. And for sure your Harbour Freight tool won't look anywhere as neat or cool as this one 😝

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id imagine you arnt much fun at parties🥳

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But there is a sticker, so it is safe.

But learning and understanding such things develops respect and knowledge, ignorance on the other hand creates danger and higher risk. I understand what you mean though. There should be a lot of attention to the risks and dangers in these sort of videos.

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You can do all the machining shown in the video with hand drill and a grinder. Use your brain Waldo .

@@blainebyrnes17Or a hand drill and a bit of sandpaper, or... just sandpaper. But dopes would rather complain than fail

You can easily get what you need. Just go to any college apartment block at the end of the year. They leave their old machine lathes in the parking lot when they move out.

. . . and a death wish. Good luck mate.

I guess in this case it goes vice versa, meaning they use the transformer to produce high current with a normal voltage level. So it is pretty safe unless you touch those electrodes.

As shown this is equivalent to an arc welder that is being intentionally shorted out. You could get burnt by the thin copper wire fairly easily, but there's essentially no risk of electrocution if it's constructed as shown (with a grounded cage around the transformer. The highest voltage is whatever is coming out of the plug, so it's no more dangerous than a toaster. If the transformer isn't modified, however, (when he cuts the thin wires off and replaces them with a few loops of very thick wire) then the thing is an electrocution waiting to happen - high voltage, no way for grounding the high voltage side to trip a breaker, exposed conductors = bad, bad news.

@@ButterfatFarms it almost went without saying but then he said and at that point it had come and gone with saying

I don't think these guys are aware that the magnetron contains a fair amount of beryllium oxide, which is brittle and toxic to breathe. They're not handling these microwaves safely.

Oh, Ok ! With that advice I'll give it a Go !

This is dumb There are 8 million viewer no one will ever try to do this It's hard and useless and a waste of many These projects are for YT videos only and not worthy in real life so stop talking about safety

I was going to say it looked like a Doctor Kevorkian special.

Death by boredom

There’s no way you can die from 3 V unless you just burned through your body for some reason. You can stick your tongue to the electrodes and it won’t do anything but when you put some kind of metal to it that heats up.

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Either that, or far, far away during a zombie apocalypse...

@@theredscourge yeah this guy would be one of the rare people to die from a self inflicted accident during a zombie apocalypse

Yeah him and his shop full of tools. Can you carry all that in a bugout bag. No.

The video illustrates the construction techniques in an amazingly precise and efficient way. I'm truly impressed. But then I know how to use tools to make and repair things. This is probably baffling for a novice, but these are a long way from novice projects.

Relatively few viewers will know what the few smaller parts are and the specs they must meet. Even fewer will watch this and be able to visualize the wiring diagram that is not provided. The only people who are likely to take this project all the way to the point of powering thing up are the ones who understand how it works and know what all the parts are. Omitting details was probably intentional.

Bless him ‼ at least there a few of us,, reasonably intelligent humans, , , with the requisite, mechanical proclivity, talent/creativity, , environmental respect/ecomical frugality , , , of salvaging&recycling/repurposing fully functional components of nonfunctional, apparatus , , , given the economy of ready accessable protected storage facility, , , but to posess the requisite self control to realize the necessity, ,of considering cost of. storage vs. the cost of purchasing new, similar components, whenever needed ,, ,,, nonmanditory, , accumulation/collections can become extremely/prohibitively , expensive to store, ,after a time ,, , ,, , &relocating such accumulations/ collections can be financially& physically demanding!!! AND, , such accumulating collecting Can readily become addicting!!! one MUST confront the, , fact that collection is rarely cost-effective. I'm speaking from personal experience !!!

Henry, you do have a point there👍

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 There's a time and a place. Wrong video.

@@Michael-Archonaeus AMEN

@@Michael-Archonaeus In his defense, one might go meet meet the maker rather more quickly if one followed the examples of mains power routing in this video.

@@abrahamevangelista4215 You're right LOL

You mean you're not supposed to open it with a sledgehammer?

@@evanflagg8386 I think a ax would be safer.🪓

It's a small mf value, but hi voltage.

@@vortexan9804 hi in current.

I never had a problem. I taken many apart.

We are only Human, one mistake it's all it takes and we are gone.

Not a great attudide to have , this is very dangerous

@@homienat3374 : Still it was a mistake from his friend and I have seen it countless times. it will continue to happen.

Just shocking.

Good on you knowing how to complete the project just think about the idiots out there that think they are qualified to do this , ie 12 year old teenagers???

Also for saving money. A lot of us do not want to buy expensive or new parts, for an aging-anyway car.

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I think point welder is too difficult...a relay might be to slow...and power mosfets are tricky!

@@frostyjim2633 Yeah, what's the worst that could happen? I die, well that wasn't that bad of a result

@@na9565 lol, that depends on your Life A/ D

Correct. The capacitor can hold 3-5000 volts causing instant death.

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More than just the grommet. I would have applied some fiberglass tape to each of the inside edges of the transformer core window so they couldn't bite into the secondary winding's insulation.

The first one is even worse... you hold on a plastic, that is melting @5:51 and right below that there are metal parts that have like 10 000v? because the wires go trough the transformer... and because the wires go trough the transformer, if you get shocked the house ground/fuse won't know a thing... to it everything seems ok edit: It wouldn't have 10kv because the upper winding was removed and replaced with heavy wire, but still.. this is in no way safe

For UL approval, you need a proper clamping strain relief.

Cable Gland, to be precise ....

it's a good thing you showed up

I see Dead ignorant people 😒

Who the hell cares. Simple. If you do not know what you are doingleave it alone. Tired of youtube police in comments.

what is the best way to discharge the HV capacitor safely, in your own words?

@@theRhinsRanger The capacitor in microwave ovens is shorted by a 10-MOhm resistor, so it should discharge itself within a minute of turning the power off. However, you don't want to bet your life on that, do you? High-voltage resistors can fail. So you need to actively discharge the capacitor to be safe. Rules number one and two in working with high voltage: keep one hand in your pocket (to make sure you don't touch HV with one hand and ground with the other), and wear insulated shoes (so your feet don't complete the circuit either). So put on a pair of insulated shoes and ONE dry rubber glove (the heavy kind, not a surgical glove), grab a pair of needle-nose pliers with insulated handles, put your un-gloved hand in your pocket, and hold the two points of the pliers against the two terminals of the capacitor to connect them. Do it again. If you have a voltmeter, it wouldn't hurt to use the probes to measure the DC voltage on the capacitor, as long as you hold both probes with one hand. Warning: some high-voltage capacitors can actually charge back up to dangerous voltages by themselves, so it's wise to (a) discharge and measure a second time after a minute or two and (b) short the two terminals together with a wire after discharging to make sure it stays safe.

@@paulkolodner2445 I've literally disassembled dozens of microwaves (something like 40) for a project, never had a single one store residual charge by the time I was finished disassembling it. Aside from the built in discharge resistor caps always have some internal leakage, they will self discharge with time. Besides that I've never heard of hv caps 'self charging' in what situation did you have this occur?

Good point.

..it didn't really explain anything, and is overly complex for what it is. The video is designed to to be needlessly long and sensational to maximize revenue..it's almost as bad as 'ancient aliens'.

Imagine a brave new world without pages of saftey warnings, legal disclaimers and product liability lawyers... Free your mind and your body will move out of California...

Must be a tough way to go out 😮😮😮😮😮

then make one your safety mods, c'mon get to it

That wasn't luck, dude knew what he was doing. And the main is fused and grounded, except maybe in USA.

Im just glad that any 6th grader can see this ~ and discover the wonders of ( High Voltage )@@sablatnic8030

Just ignore the two exposed bolts on the bottom of the ‘wand’ section.

Along the amount of time it took to build it!

This video is obviously stylized and not really an instructional. I hope everyone gets that

Not to mention the 2.5k benchtop lathe.

These videos should be banned, censored, and taken down. Throw them in the bin with firearms video

@@LadySalemRaven So Dave, you don't know one end of a screwdriver from the other, do ya? Any DIY person finds these vids to be instructive and entertaining. Naysayers are usually people without these specific talents.

I prefer to use the word terrifying, especially when dealing with high voltage microwave transformers and capacitors but okay.

@@3nigma.3nc recognizing danger still requires recognition. Although reading everyone's comments about stored charges in the capacitor I am curious how this dude didn't die

Yeah. I was a total idiot and never knew what those safety Allen keys screws were for. I wish they said on the key you buy at the store if you use this to take apart electrical devices chances are they used those screws to keep people out! I was an idiot and just opened up a microwave and proceeded to take it apart and throw away all the inside components. Later I read about the cancer dust and was like well I don't think it was close to my face at any point....not that close anyways. But I had a legit nervous brakedown for like 6 months paranoid I was going to get skin burns or skin cancer etc because my dumba$$ didn't read any of the warning labels. At least I didn't cut anything apart like this guy.

Discharging the capacitors is number one safety mask is another precaution needs to be taken seriously. I think I would just make a low voltage high current transformer you can make a fast charge battery charger.if you use the transformer as it is you could power a Tesla coil but you better know what you are doing. My friend made one with a neon transformer but the glass capacitor broke he made the plates too large and the cap arced around the other side and cracked the glass. Making larger insulator's is not going to affect the capacity but is much safer. Well lesson learned and I have no clue if he ever fixed the project. High voltage is nothing to play with. 73

@@netmaster88 hell ya...

Yea, there is "Don't try this at home!", but that really doesn't convey the risk of something like like fucking with a microwave power supply if you don't already know exactly what you are doing.

yeah, some of this stuff is beyond dumb, the plastic welder? what? just fucking what? boxes it all in and then leaves towo huge copper contacts sticnking out the front? the guy isnt well.

I was bothered by the same thing.

Coiled wires build current

@@raymondtyler88 that one flew right over your head bud. He's complaining about the guy not feeding the cable through so he wouldn't waste it by cutting leftovers on both sides, but have one long piece instead. That cable isn't cheap.

the only valuable part of the microwave is the magnetron. That is the part he removed. Once it is removed, the rest is no longer a microwave.

@@marks6663 actually he's only using the transformer, , not the magnetron

@@marks6663 tsk tsk tsk....

Could and should are very different things. It's a very inefficient and dangerous way to do this.

You're a falling star, man... that's why we don't see as many as before when we look at the sky😃 I made one myself and it's working fine. But I didn't include that relay on my assembly. Could you send me the specs of that item, plase? Mostly appreciated. Regards.

You posted two great things my friend. Advice on the CAP is spot on and I forgot about center punching when end drilling myself and will be doing that later on! So thank you for posting. :)

i nodded off...

@@amiga2025 you must've been watching from a NASA employee break room, ehh? You're a funny person 😂

The caps have a discharge resistor built in, so long as you aren't taking it apart right after it was plugged in it's not a worry. I suppose you'd have to be cautious if you're in the habit of testing electronics before scrapping them, personally I get mine straight from a junk heap so there's never residual charge to worry about.

With the prices these days, I would rip out the copper and sell that.

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It's "slightly dangerous". But it's high current, not high voltage. So not the "incredibly dangerous" that's the usual level of the microwave rebuild projects and The Craft Project That Shall Not Be Named.

@@andydingley3746 It's not the voltage that kills, it's the current. 20-25mA AC is considered dangerous, 40mA already harm the heart. 130 mA DC is considered deadly.

@@andydingley3746 Current kills, not voltage

@@fos903 Yes but if the voltage is too low, it will not induce a large current in your body. V/R=I Since your skin has a high resistance you need a decent voltage to get a high current. Thats why a 12V car battery won't even shock you even though it can deliver a lot of amps.

Do you think, the video should be removed from RU-vid? I'm not in favor of removing any video from RU-vid. However, from the comments that I am reading this is not a good video because it can be extremely dangerous.

Beware of the ceramic stem to the magnetron. It contains Beryllium and if broken and you inhale the dust, you can get a disease called Berylliosis which is incurable and seriously affects your lungs. So if the microwave is smashed, let it go to the trash, it's not worth your lungs.

Why is this the only comment I've found about this?

@@joshauatolly4065 Because everyone who didn't think of it themselves got electrocuted

Very often that bleed resistor is open circuit so to discharge the capacitor is absolutely vital.

Honestly the amount of times I could have died cause I took apart microwaves when I was little and didn’t know you need to discharge the capacitor Honestly not just microwaves I did other dumb stuff as a kid like putting wires in the plug and thinking how funny it was that sparks flew all over the carpet and my bed then proceeding to do it 10 to 15 more times it’s a miracle nothing ever got burnt down it’s also a miracle I didn’t get electrocuted cause the wire had no casing

Has everyone in these comment section got thousands of pounds/dollars spare to buy all the tools you'd need to complete these projects? Nevermind almost committing suicide in the process. This should be banned.

Not needed

Its not needed!

You do realize its not powered while hes doing that right? Its not as bad as you think. Hes already shorting it using that metal strip.

First of all, the fittings touching doesn't bypass the switch. Second, it is just switched mains going into a transformer, no magic smoke is used. Third, shorting the thick connectors may actually reduce the device's ability to draw power across the transformer. Without the higher impedance load, the induced current dumps less power and thus requires less work from mains power.

Reap / sow .

My uncle died literally the exact same way. Was a sears repairman and was killed repairing a broken microwave in the 80's.

@@ATCrogerwilco : Where did he lived?

Sears: the only place it makes sense to opt for going to a brake instead of a break!

a tap and die set cost next to nothing.

@@Tommyfrommyspace Got a line on a lathe that costs nothing?

The shop is a major piece of the production. Big views, no politics, no misinfo, etc. This is Hollywood Production in the age of RU-vid without having to pay the big name actors. It takes years for the everyday man or woman to amass such a shop and property to secure it in.

Yes like the theory behind this useful gadgets,but on ebay you can buy them very cheap from china.you spent more in materials building something you can get for 40 to 100 bucks.Depending the gadget

It would be good for steel and stainless, but not aluminum or copper. You need capacitor discharge to spot weld aluminum or copper or brass.

@@pauleohl very true,, but I suspect that trying to build a capacitive discharge spot welder is beyond what most garage mechanics should be working on.

@@WesleyJolly i done set my garage.on fire

would work well for building battery packs

He used one at 12:33

I thought the same thing In the first part of the video.

Free Energy , Rodney, FREE. Imagine how much you could sell that for ?😉

Exactly what I came down here to say - that monstrosity is terrifying without an earth connection.

My personal favourite was no PPE whilst using the drill press (and probably everything else). Remember kids, when using powerful plant equipment to remove material, sharp pieces may fly off and pierce your eyeballs

exactly. also there is no grommet protecting the cable where it passes through the metal case so there is a good chance that the metal case will cut through the insulation making the whole case live.

This is the reply i was looking for... He was so close to doing it safely. I can overlook a fuse being missing, but no earth is unforgivable.

@@snapperhead273 Just saw the no grommet part... This was enough to make me snap and downvote. 2 of 2 builds both with deadly faults lurking, both easily avoidable.

I think is more of a cool factor or "things you could do, but seriously, do proper research first beforehand" thing, they glossed over at least two major risk concerns so I wouldn't recommend anyone to follow this as a tutorial.

@@Inferryu is it safe to just put that bent wire in a regular soldering iron to achieve the same goal?

@@eugenetswong you don't need to put it into the soldering iron. Just hold the soldering iron to the metal until it melts into the plastic. I did a similar job on my car and didn't want to spend money on a specific tool, i won't need again (hopefully)

I made the same comment I thought that music just made the video that much better

@@19daver85 So, even a twist tie is good enough for scrap metal? Also, I've never understood why the rest of the metal in the soldering iron doesn't become so hot that it melts.

That's the valuable part of the magic, known as talent and skill you got to make it look easy! That is the art, component.

So you're a random microwave repairer wondering what to do with the spare parts?

@@reinbert so am I. thats how I introduce myself at parties.

@@nyrbsamoht Almost wet myself laughing.

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@@nyrbsamoht 🤣😅😂😅🤣😅😂

It is also very dangerous not to use any strain relief for the mains cord touching the metal case!

why wait to the second build i didn't see it but someone mentioned they put the cable through just a metal hole without a gromit and it had the potential to short out I did mention an earth ground wire on this one somewhere in the comments they mentioned the metal was sharp so this might be the only one built id do it to this one probably but I am kinda lazy, oh she'll be right mate 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔🙄🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣🙃🙃🙃

@@abcdefgh1279 strain relief wow I've never heard these terms used for electronics I like it, you can touch the mains but its a bit shocking I've managed to do it 3 times its a shocking experience but it let's you know your alive 🤯

@@lawfullysuspicious1225 the ole 60 hz shuffle is a unique dance because its the only dance that has cuss words in it.

And all the nerds go wild!

Notice the safety shielding in these projects. That puts them a big step above most.

So put a slightly under-rated self-resetting circuit breaker and an RCD in. Duty cycle down, safety way up. There's no need to cry.

This comment was a year old...@@Bobo-ox7fj

A bit excessively, , , SENSATIONALIZED!!!

No magnetron was harmed in the making of this video.

Transformer

@@kuturak I agree. I skipped through the video, it took me less than 2 minutes it was a waste of my time. But hey, it has over 9 mil. views. It looked interesting so it hooked me into clicking it.

But how else will they hide public opinion on the interweb to the machiavelian things going? Who cares if the general public gets electrocuted lol

I look at it like watching Jimi Hendrix playing. I can enjoy it while knowing I can't do it. This guy obviously has massive experience.

@@DIGIPIX55 He doesn't... He'd know not to heat heatshrink with a flame like he did near a component like a relay, and also use earthing in metal cases, use grommets for live wires entering a piece of sheet metal, and use the proper tools for crimping on the termination lug points for heavy duty cabling...

It has 2:1 like to dislike ratio

what happens otherwise?

@@udance4ever You have to remove/de-solder the connections. It's an annoying inconvenience that happens all the time. It's a long running joke for anyone that's ever done it (pretty much everyone).

I know! That is so frustrating to realize that after you admire the perfect solder joint and then realize "oh shit!"

@@baysickleebuck such a polite answer. My dirty mind couldn't get out of the gutter-

That is why they make elechickens tape

Yes. I appreciate that everyone does not speak english however I do find content with no voice over, or at least subtitles , very frustrating. In any case, thanks for the content

Yes, it's just showing off, basically.

Until some kid ends up dying because he compeletely ignores all normal reasoning and thinks hes untouchable.

Microwaves are the number one killer of electronics hobbyists so maybe not "this" project.

@@ARVash Its all down to training not only in skills but safety

Neat woodwork too.

@@georgestyer2153my point is that microwave transformers can be dangerous in unpredictable ways even when you're practicing good safety. I could enumerate the ways but let's just say it's not the number one killer of electronics hobbyists because they were being reckless. There's a lot of things that can go wrong that are impossible to go wrong in other still dangerous electronics projects. I get that this is high current and low voltage which is somewhat safer but high current comes at the risk of lines being unable to turn off. Insulation can melt and suddenly you're dealing with 120v. Breakers don't always trip when they're supposed to. There are projects that most people should not be doing in a garage because they have a normal garage and even good safety is not enough, you need impeccable obnoxious levels of safety. Could someone do this safely? absolutely. However I would never trust a kid or teen even under tight supervision with a microwave transformer. Even people with field experience who know how to work safely have gotten bit by this one because it is unintuitive all the ways that things can go wrong. If you don't have experience with high current / high voltage in a job setting I would pass on this one. Speaking from experience, I took down my videos on microwave transformers. I realized after that I was fine only due to an abundance of caution and even then you're leaning on the due diligence of the electricians who built your house and your own willingness to test everything. High current means that a breaker trip can be a house fire has already started. If you're in a shop with trained professionals maybe you'll be okay, but people try this in their garage and sometimes they're not.

Then you must have a white stick.

Buy a spot welder for $40 - $100 and live to build your projects 👍

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