[vdblnkr34 (OP)]

Hi. Today no one makes such huge microwave transformers anymore.
It was in 2014.  I was going back from school and found Panasonic microwave next to the garbage. Microwave was bigger than any I have seen and in the front panel was written 3700W. I opened it up and removed this transformer. Transformer was huge, about three times bigger than a regular microwave transformers and had two oversized pins on top. I took it home.

To be honest Im a fan of Nikola Tesla.

I checked that transformer with multimeter, not damaged. I plug into the wall outlet, measure the voltage across the secondary coil pins, don't remember exactly, 1500V. The pins of secondary coil was in a shape of transistor and had a hole in the middle. So, I took 50cm of a small transparent isolation wire and winded on through a hole in one pin which was to the right to me. Created some windings, the rest of the wire length was left 30cm after that. Than I took a small clear tape and wrapped around the same pin about 5 - 6  times. Took pliers and hold the tip of the small wire with them. With the other hand grabbed the electrical plug and shoved into wall outlet.

Right after that I noticed that the small wire escaping my pliers grip and dropping down. I don't know what would happen if the wire would be still in the pliers.

About after 30 seconds I hear electrical capacitor discharge sound like - click, after few seconds another one - click, and another. and sound keeps coming repeatedly. The small wire not in my pliers anymore. I look at the transformer where those clicks coming from and you wont believe this.

I hear another click and look at the transformer. I see a tiny bright dot appeared next to the left secondary coil pin. Not moving and growing in size, when the round electrical ball become size of a slim cigarette circumference, the ball moved quickly toward the second pin, passed through transparent tape isolation and without touching electrode, disappeared. I began to observe this. Few moments later I noticed that the sound - click comes every time big ball disappears and tiny dot appears, it is hard to say what is exactly was going on. After it grow quickly, the electric spinning ball, starts moving toward the other isolated pin, passes through the isolation tape and disappears without touching the other side. I moved back to the bedroom door and start looking. It was amazing view. But after few minutes transformer stopped making click noises.

I went downstairs checked the fuse box, everything was in position on. I took multimeter and measured the wall outlet, no power.  Few more wall outlets had no power, so by the end of the day landlord call electrician. Electrician showed up next day. After work was done, he comes to me and asks what did I do. I told him absolutely nothing, than he showed me the back of the fuse removed from the house fuse box. It was in position on, but in the half of the back of a fuse gone, everything there was super melted. Electrician said that there is no such power around that can melt this fuse like that, the fuse was even fire proved. He asked me how I burned this fuse without melting the wires and insolation around them. I told him its a top secret. Than I got scared a bit. Because all this time I was sited in the room looking at the beautiful sparks appear and disappear. On the day after that I read in the local news paper that there was a problem with the local power station, something over there got burned.

Wow, what's the hell it was. Transformer and wires was ok, but the places with junctions and circuit brakers got burned all the way to PowerStation.

[hamdani yusuf]

Did the power outage only affect your rented house, or it also affected your neighborhood?

[vdblnkr34 (OP)]

Did the power outage only affect your rented house, or it also affected your neighborhood?

Only the rented house and only one fuse on my side. What happened on the other end is unknown, but probably done bigger damages.

[hamdani yusuf]

Did the power outage only affect your rented house, or it also affected your neighborhood?

Only the rented house and only one fuse on my side. What happened on the other end is unknown, but probably done bigger damages.

If it did cause damage upper stream of the power line, it should affect more houses.

[vdblnkr34 (OP)]

Not that I know of any.

[vdblnkr34 (OP)]

Repeat this and than call and ask them what happened over there. 

Would be nice to see what happen if to connect it to electrical generator. But, the electrician that came to fix circuit breaker stole this huge transformer and one $500 0 gauges copper wire wind roll.

Damn electrician. He ruined my experiments for life.

That was unfinished Red Alert Tesla Coil.

[hamdani yusuf]

That was unfinished Red Alert Tesla Coil.

The most amazing thing in those coils is that they can distinguish between friends and foes. Without this ability, the coils will bring more harms since they will be more frequently near your own units.

[Zer0]

That was unfinished Red Alert Tesla Coil.

The most amazing thing in those coils is that they can distinguish between friends and foes. Without this ability, the coils will bring more harms since they will be more frequently near your own units.

That FriendsOrFoes part was a Joke?
Correct?

[Zer0]

@OP

Whatever you Observed...
Was it similar to Ball Lightning?

ps - lol@FanOfTesla!
(being a fan sounds cool, but u dont gotta become him ya)

[paul cotter]

I have expressed my opinion previously about the hazards of messing about with powerful high voltage transformers. The domestic microwave oven transformer is widely used by hobbyists and garage tinkerers and the hazards involved are horrendous, someone is going to die.

[hamdani yusuf]

That was unfinished Red Alert Tesla Coil.

The most amazing thing in those coils is that they can distinguish between friends and foes. Without this ability, the coils will bring more harms since they will be more frequently near your own units.

That FriendsOrFoes part was a Joke?
Correct?

No. Command & Conquer: Red Alert was a game I used to play. In that game, Tesla Coil is depicted as one of the most powerful defensive buildings.

[Zer0]

The OP seemed to have been a Landlord's Worst Nightmare!
(come true)
I Hope Dr.Calverd never sees this thread.

Anyways, Tesla's story had a Sad Lonely ending.
(pity)
Perhaps, it was his Own doing.

ps - 3.6.9