Re: MOT pairing

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Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ludev-at-videotron.ca>

Hi Herwig,

May be the central core leg cross section area could be a good
reference too.

Cheers,

Luc Benard

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Herwig Roscher by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <herwig.roscher-at-gmx.de>
> 
> Steve White wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone developed a rule of thumb relating the weight of a
> MOT to its power handling capacity?
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Most of my salvaged MOTs haven't got any label and the wattage
> of the ovens isn't known either, because they were removed
> already. As some MOTs have heavy mounting brackets and others
> have no, I decided to pair them not by weight but by their gross iron
> volume (outside dimensions).  For me this methode workes fine.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Herwig