Re: MOT charging reactor PS

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Wells,

Great idea to use two matched E cores, each with a secondary, to make a good
gapped reactor!    But I would worry about loading more secondaries on each
E section, because the insulation between the inside of a secondary and the
core is lousy since the inside winding is typically connected to the core
anyway.  So with two or more in series, you will have several thousand volts
between core and the inside of one of the windings.  This might lead to
breakdown and failure.  There isn't room to add insulation between the core
and the inside of the winding.
--Steve

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Subject: MOT charging reactor PS


> Original poster: "Wells Campbell by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <wellscampbell-at-onebox-dot-com>
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> Greg, Steve, all,
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> As for the reactor, I havent gotten that far yet, but I had an idea that
> might be of use, especially in light of steve's last mail: I was thinking
> of taking two MOT's of matching geometries, cutting the welds, and using
> the  two E sections, facing each other, and with a gap, and loading on
> two, three, or maybe four secondaries in series:
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>  At least three  MOT secondaries  would fit in such an arrangement, maybe
> four. I took apart a little one the other day, and it was fairly easy.
> in fact, my biggest problem was that the E section basically fell apart
> into sheets, I need to be careful dremelling the welds off and leave
> the bead on the E side. The secondaries could be insulated with extra
> material, and the gap adjustable, maybe. Just a thought at present.
>
> Wells Campbell
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