A friend at work had told me about microwaving CDs several months ago. The CD shown on the EHV web page has very random "lightning-like" traces. Mine is a burn pattern that closely resembles the illustrations you see in books of the tracks and sectors on a hard disk surface. I'm not sure why, but maybe it has to do with the fact that the author's CD was pressed and mine was a CD-R that I burned. Anyway, it is VERY dramatic when you do it. If I had seen it done or even seen the results I NEVER would have tried it on my microwave (the EHV author recommends you use someone elses). My friend just said, "Try it. It's interesting." My microwave was unharmed, but I really don't know how it could have survived. I don't have a website to show it, but if anyone wants a *.jpg of the startling results, e-mail me offlist. No, I won't burn one for you. Eric KE6US --- Russell McMahon wrote: > > Look also at a Marx generator - an elegantly > simple way of > > multiplying DC. > > Here's one putting out between 1 and 4 megavolt > for a 50 kV input > > Theory and construction details and graphical and > numerical results. > > > > http://users.tm.net/lapointe/MarxMain.html > > > And for EHT hog-heaven see his home page :-) * > > http://users.tm.net/lapointe/Main.html > > > > RM > ____________ > > * > Allotropes of Carbon > Can Crusher > Cockcroft-Walton > Electrostatic Motor > High Voltage Probe > High Voltage Relay > Marx Generator > Mini Tesla Coil New 1/19/03 > Microwaved CDs > New Can Crusher > Oscilloscope > Tesla Coil > Triggered Spark Gap > Van de Graaf > Water Gun > > More > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist