Re: homebrew charging reactor?

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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,

I use 3 MOTs in series for a charging reactor, and never have a flash-over
or other insulaton breakdown.  The MOTs all have to be mounted on insulators
and separated from each other a bit.  This also has the advantage of more
inductance which in turn allows lower break rates (actually longer dwell
times) before the reactors saturate and cause power arcs in your RSG.  (The
amount of inductance is not as important if you use a TSG with air blast.)
--Steve Young
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Subject: homebrew charging reactor?


> Original poster: "Wells Campbell by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <wellscampbell-at-onebox-dot-com>
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> Hi,
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> I have been working on a DC charging reactor setup using MOTs and a
voltage
> doubler / filter, and have gotten to the point where the reactor is the
> weak link in my system. Past a certain voltage input, (predictably) my
> MOT secondary arcs to itself. Given, it's not in oil yet, and if I end
> up using an MOT, that's fine, but I wanted to check out my optoins first.
>  (thinking cheep)
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> Could I simply wind an inductor around the outside of the EI sections
> of an MOT which has had it's windings removed? would this saturate, or
> would it have enough inductance for the job? Unfortunately I have no
> L meter (not cheep) so will have to ballpark it with calcs and trial
> and error. Shielding should be the easiest, just wrap the core with poly,
> and possibly sink in oil. I have a bunch of 22 ga. magnet wire, and I
> could make taps for use with larger tank caps and/or higher break rates.
> This coil will have many adjustable features...
>
> kindly poke holes so that I may plug them...
>
> --
> Wells Campbell
> wellscampbell-at-onebox-dot-com
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