Re: mot's

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Original poster: "Nick Graber by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nickgraber-at-home-dot-com>

thanks for the help the 15 amp breaker is one of thouse wall socket things
with the 15 amp breaker in it I think I will just remove it so the full
20amps at 120V will flow with no prob. is the 120 fine for the voltage due
to that being what was going into them when they were in the microwave

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Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: mot's


> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Nick,
>
> I think the resistors I used were from All Electronics
> of Van Nuys, CA. I don't see them in the catalog any
> more. The flat ceramic resistors turned out to be a
> poor choice anyway. They ran too hot, and they had an
> aluminum strip through the middle for mounting. The HV
> arced to the aluminum strip, so I had to remove it.
> MECI Electronics has 100 Ohm, 100W ceramic power
> resistors for $3.75 in their catalog. They also have
> an unfortunate $20 minimum order policy. Mouser
> Electronics has 100 Ohm, 100W ceramics too, but they
> are a bit pricey.
>
> Are you using the voltage doubler? I only used the
> resistors to protect the doubler diodes from RF
> feedback. If you are using only the MOTs, you can skip
> the resistors. It won't hurt the MOTs any to run
> without them. The 100 Ohm resistors are just for RF
> filtering. They will not provide any current limiting.
>
> A 15A breaker is inadequate for two MOTs unless you
> use additional ballast. I used a 240V 20A window A/C
> outlet, and the MOT twins pulled right at 20A all the
> time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
>
> --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Nick Graber by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nickgraber-at-home-dot-com>
> >
> > I am using two MOT's set up the same as on
> >
>
<http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/MOTDOC.htm>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/MOTDOC
> > .htm
> > and was wondering were I could get thouse resistors
> > at 100 ohm 55watt wire
> > wound resistors. Iv been runing it with out it what
> > effect this has on the
> > mot's im not shure but they seem to be drawing
> > toomuch current acording to the
> > 15 amp breaker goes off.
> >
> > Nick Graber
> > <mailto:nickgraber-at-home-dot-com>nickgraber-at-home-dot-com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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