Re: better ballast

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Matt Skidmore by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <fox-at-gwydion.woozle-dot-org>
>
> i was thinking last night that some of you use a MOV with the secondary
> shorted as a pig ballast. that allows the pig to run at the full rated
> amperage of the mov. (i think im right so far). what happens if the
> secondary is not shorted? reason i was asking cuz i was thinking thatyou
> might be able to control the ballast by putting  resistive loads on the
> secondary instead of flat out shortuing it. maybe a wire wound resistor of
> different values. just a thought
>
> -fox

hi fox...

that would work but you will need resistors that can handle the voltage
rated for the secondary output
of the MOT.... and also the rating will need to handle the watts produced
by the secondary...   finding
10ohm 1000W 5000V resistors isnt all that easy ( unless you become creative
and improvise ;)  )

Scot D