I have what I call the "flux capacitor" sitting on my desk. It is the emitter from a 900 Watt microwave that I bought used for $15 at a second hand store for the turntable motor, the glass plate and some other parts to fix a one-of-a-kind microwave in my RV. The parts were relatively easy to interchange. I have always wanted to check out the guts of one of those and see what makes them tick, so I tore apart the balance of the appliance.
When I have a "prize", I bring it in for the geek hour show and tell. Howard, the rainman engineer shows up. I show it to him - and he just goes, "oh yeah, I had a neighbor above me that would not shut his TV down at 2am in the morning. After refusing to listen to me when I was nice about it, I got an old microwave, rigged it on a stand to point up and moved it around the apt on a low power setting until I could hear a ton of distortion from the woofer above and then hit it until the boom". This is approximately what it looked like.....:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UrXYA_gGLrA#t=102
I love the Campbell's Soup can the kid used for the microwave horn. The "flux capacitor" is the unit he has rigged to the end of the pole.
All I can say is - never try this at home, and never mess with an angry engineer if you like your electronics. Now I just have to figure out how to rig one of these to my car to take care of the vibrating bass with the foul-lyrics of the rap music in the car next to me.....
Disclaimer: Death or injury could result from using this "ray gun" without proper safety measures in place.
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