Re: MOT Powered Coil

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Mark, see comments below:
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Subject: Re: MOT Powered Coil


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>
> Will an MMC rated for 12Kvdc be enough for the twin MOT supply with an
output
> of 8Kvac or technically a round 11KVDC?
ANSWER:  I believe Terry would say yes.  If it was me, I would feel more
comfortable with at least a 15 KVDC MMC.
>Also, if I used 4 MOT's in series how
> much will it matter if some are kinda a bit smaller and the voltage output
of
> them varies?
ANSWER:  It will be OK.  The smaller one(s) may get a bit warmer under load
than the others, but that's ok.

It would seem to me that the large MOT's would put out more of the
> power [ANSWER - usually true] and even if this isn't the case wouldn't an
1800v MOT put out more
> current than the 2000v or 2100v ones causing things to get messed up? or
do
> things just even out?
 > Mark

ANSWER:  The 2000 or 2100 volt MOTs may put out more current if, for
example, the 1800 volt model was for a 500 watt oven and the 2000+ ones were
from large or commercial ovens.  Whether more or less, it won't "mess up"
things.  Most MOTs can put out more current than you need anyway for small
and medium sized coils.

Ideally, you would like 4 matched MOTs, but that is tough to find.  So just
use what you have.

Now I have a question about putting two MOTs in series.  Three ways of doing
it are 1) connect the secondary outside winding of MOT A to the core of MOT
B.  This puts voltage stress between the MOT B primary and the core.  2)
connect the secondary outside winding of MOT A to the inside winding
(disconnected from the core) of MOT B and ground the core.  This puts
voltage stress between the inside of of the MOT B secondary to the core.  3)
(I have never heard of this being done) connect the outside winding of MOT A
to the disconnected inside winding of MOT B (same as 2), and use a high
value resistor divider across MOT A to make the core of MOT B be about half
the voltage of MOT A.  This would share the voltage stress between the MOT B
primary and inside winding of the secondary.

Which method is most likely to avoid insulation breakdown in MOT B?  Anyone
know the typical breakdown voltage of a MOT primary to the core as compared
to a disconnected MOT secondary to the core?
--Steve