is it possible to charge a capacitor in a microwave?

[coilgunner]

i saw a light bulb in a microwave once and thought that the megatron was suppling current to the bulb. Now i had the thought of charging a capacitor in a microwave by inserting the positive leg attached to a wire in the microwave and charge the capacitor. Am i crazy?????

 

[ronsimpson]

yes.
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[coilgunner]

your funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[ronsimpson]

The output of the megatron is AC and will not change a capacitor.

 

[BrownOut]

If you make a wire loop and add a rectifier, it's thoeretically possible, but more than likely the capacitor will heat up and explode if it's a electrolytic. Maybe a simple disc cap would work. I assume no liability for this post.

 

[ke5frf]

Batteries are cheap and do a nice job of charging a capacitor.

 

[mbarazeen]

i appriciate your interest in experiments, you need a voltage source to charge a capacitor, in microwave the form of energy is an electro megnetic wave. you can make a tiny coil with a rectifier in a box and connect it to the capacitor, then bake both of them together you may get some charge with hot cap (do some calculation before, not to explode your cap by high voltage)

 

[Mr RB]

I have a commercially made "microwave oven tester" for microrwave oven repairmen which is a little clear plastic doodad with a LED and some short antenna wires.

You put it in the microwave oven and it lights up if the magetron is making microwaves. It's pretty old, I'm guessing 1980's vintage. If if I find it in my junk sometime I will post a photo.

 

[nigelwright7557]

I have a commercially made "microwave oven tester" for microrwave oven repairmen which is a little clear plastic doodad with a LED and some short antenna wires.

You put it in the microwave oven and it lights up if the magetron is making microwaves. It's pretty old, I'm guessing 1980's vintage. If if I find it in my junk sometime I will post a photo.

A fluorescent tube will light up in a microwave too.