As a small project I wish to wire a microwave transformer to create arcs in air via use of a wand (and yes I will be taking the necessary precautions but that's step 2) first I need to know a couple things: 1 on the high voltage secondary is it really as simple as take the two leads and put them anywhere near eachother? Would that not create a MASSIVE short circuit? Most of the tutorials I've seen use in series so perhaps that negates it in some way? Or am I reading it wrong? Is there some sort of safe load used? Or does it really arc to itself? And 2 what is a good way of preventing it from overheating (if that is a problem). This will probably be used as a Jacob's ladder or old motherboard destroyer. Thanks so much for the help!
