Transformer primaries out of phase?

[delverboy]

Wired the big caps backwards.

Wow, I bet that made an impression!
That very first twist of the variac is always exciting.

 

[tonyEE]

Variac?

I was young, broke and invincible.

Just plugged it in.... my reflexes were pretty good then. ;-)

Paper everywhere.

 

[delverboy]

There was an old plastic BMW valve cover laying around the garage for years. Of course I finally threw it away. Would have been a perfect source for heat resistant plastic.
This'll work for now, but at some point it should be replaced.

 

[delverboy]

Young, Broke, and Invincible!
That sounds very familiar.

 

[jlinkels]

I'm going to make a new bracket out of nylon or some type of sturdy plastic. Something like this product would work good.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/MSI-Whi...Tile-Trim-3-ln-ft-Each-THD2WH2X36DB/202521103

If this is no joke, take into account that is is a strip of stone. At least the specifications say that the material is marble. It will be beautiful and classy but difficult to work. You also could use a few strips of PCB board without copper. Or acrylic sheet.

 

[Ixnay]

Acrylic strip of good thickness would be a very good choice for workability.

 

[delverboy]

material is marb

It's engineered marble.
That may not be the stuff I'm thinking of though. Another name is corian and it's some type of resin. I've worked with it before and you can cut it with a miter saw.

 

[Ixnay]

Aha! Yes, Corian. Hate working with it because of the dust and the smell, but you can't beat it for this application. I have used it in numerous applications and it will be fine for this.