hamfests, rotors, protection

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Original poster: "Matt Skidmore by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <fox-at-woozle-dot-org>

i went to a small indoor hamfest over the weekend and picked up a few
goodies at a very low price, but i had some questions about adding them to
my coil.

i got 5 wirewound resistors for 50 cents. these are 2 ohm and i'd guess
about 75 to 100 watt each. a gree ceramic type. i dont have the money to
build a nice NST protection filter so i was thinking about using two of
these resistors in paralell accross each leg of the NST, with of course, a
safty gap. i know this isnt the best solution but wanted some comments,
maybe an idea of what to do with that extra resistor. they're only 2 ohm,
is that enough?

also while i was there, someone gave me a brand new sync motor. i cant
tell if the hp is 1/3, 1/30, or 1/300. its 900 rpm. i wanted to know what
the calculation is for creating a rotor for this. how big does the
rotorneed to be and spacing of the electrodes. this motor has 3 wire,
yellow, red, and green. i assume red is hot yellow is the other side and
green is ground, but whenever i plug green to ground the motor stops and
is quite hard to turn. i was thinking that maybe green is the start
circuit? when i plug it in i usually have to give the motor a spin before
it starts. so i read that some motors have a start circuit.

thanks!

-fox