Re: MOT vs. 0pen-frame transformer

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Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net>

Your talking about floating the secondary above the core. The insulation at
the bottom of the secondary is not substantial. There is the chance of
arcing to the core if there is not intervention with extra insulation. Some
people on the list have done what you propose and gotten away with it.

Godfrey Loudner

> I've noticed that the only REAL electrical difference between an MOT, and
> any other
> open-frame transformer, is that one end of the high voltage winding is
> connected to
> the core, via a stakon, and a rivet... what's to stop us from drilling out
> the rivet,
> and going straight coil-to-coil on series connected MOT's, instead of
having
> to bond
> the cores together?
> Owner, MSB Data Systems