Re: MOT current

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Original poster: "S&JY" <youngsters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Langer,

Your MOT stack can output up to half an amp!  You should size your saltwater
cap to tune to your primary which should have at least 8 turns, and not be
concerned with trying to match your cap to the MOT current.

You probably will need 4 MOTs in  series-parallel for your ballast.  Using
just one is likely to overheat rather quickly.
--Steve Y.


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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:36 PM
Subject: MOT current


> Original poster: "Langer Giv'r" <transworldsnowboarding19@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hello, I scrapped the OBIT on my tesla coil becuase it just wasnt
> working, so im going to use 4 microwave oven transformers connected
> in series with another transformer with a shorted secondary as
> ballast.  I dont know the exact voltage rating of each MOT but the
> caps were rated 2.1-2.3KV.  I need to know the amperage of these
> transformers in series so i can figure out my Capacitor size.  I am
> going to use saltwater capacitors because i am out of money to buy an
> MMC. (I also gotta buy a variac).  So if anyone has any idea of what
> kind of current this thing might draw, please let me know, help is
> greatly appreciated.  Thanks everybody
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