Re: and then there was nothing... blown NST? (fwd)

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Original poster: "Brett Miller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <brmtesla-at-yahoo-dot-com>

 
> ...whats the deal with MOT's, you ask? They simply
> work better, output a 
> hell of a lot of power, and easy to ballast (use MO
> caps)....oh and you can 
> get MOT's for free.

I agree, but MOTs are not neccessarily best for the
beginner.  Safety is one reason.  The second is that
going to a MOT based power supply usually requires a
redesign of your spark gap...to a high speed ARSG,
SRSG or air blast gap.  Folks can't simply use their
RQ/TCBOR gaps that worked so well with NSTs all those
years.  Just my 2 cents.

-Brett

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