MOT Voltage Doubler Fault in your theory

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• Subject: MOT Voltage Doubler Fault in your theory
• From: RWB355-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:52:42 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Re: MOT Voltage Doubler
 
Hi Dave, all
 
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 (There are transformers that are rated 3 kV which put out about 1.5 kV
 RMS, and 4 kV rated transformers which put out a nominal 2.1 kV RMS.)

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Hell NO, Dave !!! That isnīt true (at least not for germany and the MOT
below).

I actually measured a 2.3kV-at-700mA (rated) MOT and it puts out 2300 volts !!

The type was a Gardner U.K. type with 220 v input. At 110V input my meter read
1175 volts (aprox half) at 175v input it read 1835 volts. At full input (230v)
it smoked my meter. My last reading (before it went zappp and smoked rose) was
around 2100 volts. Max allowable input was 1500 volts... so my fault).

If your theory was true I would have been able to put in 230V and my meter
should have read somewhere around 1650V and stayed alive................. But
it didnīt!!!



Oh, yes... it was a direct RMS reading meter.....

BTW: How did you come about that a 4kV xformer would have only 2.1kV RMS. This
would be a 3kV rated xformer. A 4kV rated xformer would have 2800 volts RMS. 



coiler greets from germany, 
Reinhard

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