Re: Stacking MOTs

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Stacking MOTs
• From: Marco Denicolai <marco-at-vistacom.fi> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 02:44:19 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

At 16:50 24/09/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "Payne, Will E" <will.e.payne-at-lmco-dot-com> 
>
>> Heres an idea for those with plenty of MOTs to play around with.
>> 
>> Run a MOT into a second stage of two reversed MOTs. You can then tie the
>> second stage MOTs cores to opposite ends of the HV windings and get two
>> 120v sources at HV potential.    You can then run the standard
>> parallel/series trick twice as far.
>> 
>> The whole rig will only handle the power of the first MOTs rating, but
>> this one can actually be several in parallel/parallel.  A similar
>> "transformer stacking" trick has been used in particle physics to voltages
>> far beyond the capability of a single xfmr.  Dont forget you may lose 5%
>> to 10% per stage.
>> 
>> Will
>> 

Sorry, but I really didn't get how you propose to connect the MOTs. Could you
please be more specific?



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