Re: MOT Help

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>

Hi all, 
   I have a question.  What if, instead of shorting the secondary of a MOT, one
simply places the 1uF cap across the termimals?  What effect would that have if
one wished to use the MOT as a ballast for a larger transformer?  Would the
secondary's impedance be 'reflected' back to the primary?  Perhaps a fairly
high value resistor of appropriat wattage rating would do better?   
   I have a 7.5KV(open circuit) transformer, which I could rectify/multiply
easily, that will pop a 15 amp breaker(120V in) after a few seconds with the
secondary shorted.  I could try it with with an available 20amp circuit, but it
might pop that as well, so I was thinking of using the MOT as a ballast.  I was
just wondering how a cap or resistor on the MOT secondary would affect the
current ballasting. 
Mike 

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>
> Yes, they 
> do pull as much as 15A from the mains, but there are ways to ballast it so 
> it won't trip the breaker. The easiest way is to find a second MOT, short 
> out its seconday, and connect the primary in series with your other MOT. 
> This will allow you to pull 2-3" beefy arcs from it.