Re: MOT prices

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

It's hard to imagine why a manufacturer would pay for more transformer than
they have to in such a price sensitive consumer equipment.  But, one never
knows.. it might be cheaper to just buy and stock one kind of transformer,
rather than one for each different tube.

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "J Whyte by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<xoom321-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> Microwave wattage output ratings don't really tell you what sort of MOT
> maybe lurking inside the Oven. On a 550 watt oven I was able to get a fairly
> large sized MOT. Looked more like a 900 watt coil than a 550 watt. It had a
> BIG CORE. 550 watt models have tones of variable resistors and current
> limiting curcuits in the ovens to knock the current WAY WAY down. Outside of
> curcuit the MOT's can easily suck 1000 to 1100 watts or more which is great
> for experimentor.