Re: Really big MOT power supplies

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Original poster: "Chris the great by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <downnessisgoingup-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Do the transformers have to have the same voltage and current values/  Or 
can they be different without any problems?

Thanks!


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>Subject: Really big MOT power supplies
>Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:18:03 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Chris the great by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <downnessisgoingup-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>
>Hello Everyone!
>
>I hope someone can answer some of my questions about buiding a MOT tesla 
>coil power supply.
>I haven't got the transformers yet, but I know this won't be a problem (I 
>know several people with old microwaves).  I was planning on having 6 of 
>them in series.  There would be an optional ballast (made with another 
>MOT), and the whole thing would be submerged in oil inside a large 
>tupperware container.
>This should give me around 12000 VAC at maybe 8000VA (ballast off).
>Is there any tips on building something like this?  I also plan to use it 
>to power other high voltage projects, such as a jacobs ladder.  Is there a 
>high transformer failure rate with this many in series (and the 
>corresponding much higher voltage)?  Would I need to use paralled MOTs as 
>a ballast instead of one because of the power the system will draw?
>I will have a switch to allow the circuit to bypass the ballast for higher 
>power, and also to short or unshort the ballast secondaries, to give me a 
>couple power levels to play around with.
>
>Thanks in advance!