Re: Why people don't use MOTs in a TC

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

hi
    who has ever said that nst's are safe they are not safe to touch.
all of the high voltage transformers are dangerous the mots will just kill
you a bit faster the voltage isnt a prob with series or voltage doubled
and as its already been said ballast is used for the current along with the
fact external ballast is a lot more flexible with setting up your natural
resonant frequency of charging circuit
cheers
colin(ex mot user)
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Subject: Re: Why people don't use MOTs in a TC


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>
> The only problem is the tendency of NST's to die. 4 MOT's in series with a
> center tap have decent voltage and the current just needs to be ballasted.
> The only annoying thing about the MOT's is a decent ballast but I've made
one
> out of the core of an MOT using the original primary as the coil(I
probably
> should wind a different coil for the ballast) and then I can change the
> current input from like 3A to 15A.
>
> Mark
>
> In a message dated 7/15/02 10:33:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>
> << Hi folks,
>  Just had to chime in on this one.
>
>  I've read a lot about using MOTs in a TC. First of all I think the
current
>  is too high and voltage too low. NSTs are abundant and I got mine for
free
>  (15/60). So I do not see why people go the MOT route. Like this hobby is
>  not dangerous enough?
>
>  My $.02
>  Dan
>  Ft. Lauderdale
>   >>
>
>
>