Microwave oven magnetron

At first - it is VERY DANGEROUS. High voltage transformer producing 2600V and 500mA. This voltage with high voltage capacitor is lethal! Magnetron itself is also very dangerous - if you place your hand before antenna you can get 3rd degree burns (no, you can't get cancer from microwaves - it is not ionizing radiation, you can get cancer from x-ray radiation - it is ionizing).

In the video you can see a plasma fire. It is created by high power microwaves from magnetron. On the end of wire there is a wet paper - it helps to ignite the fire.
You can see that the fire has 50Hz - it is comes from socket.
Whole "device" is powered by 220V 50Hz.

Magnetron is cooled by fan - it's get hot very fast. It's type of vacuum tube, it must have glowing.

It is cavity magnetron LG 2M226 extracted from microwave oven. Frequency is 2.45GHz and output power is 800W.

I just want to see want magnetron can do.

Видео Microwave oven magnetron канала Jakub Mareček