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So I was attempting to modify a microwave transformer by wrapping my own secondary coil. The first coil was standard from the microwave, around 16 gauge wire, 100 turns, so I was wrapping my coil with around a 16 gauge wire, I put it together, put a weight on the transformer to keep it together and tested it with my voltmeter and it read around 176 VAC... then I kept winding and tried again but only got .123 VAC, I found this odd so I checked the primary coil, it was getting 120 VAC, it was making the buzzing that transformers do (its 60Hz by the way), when I measured the primary coil it got around 180 VAC, the primary coil was getting hot while the secondary coil I wrapped was cold... I honestly have no idea what is going on or what I did but this is odd stuff... or maybe I am just naive. Here are some pictures to help with analysis: