Re: Tame MOT Pictures

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Original poster: "Allanh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <allanh-at-starband-dot-net>

Hi Greg,

The details are:  4X24 sec.#23wire, 10 t 1/4 inch copper tube pri. tap at
7.5, 30 degree angle. Mutli spark gap. MMC 14 nfd. topload, 4X18 dryer vent.

I'll try a larger cap, my NST is showing signs of age and
I need to look for alternatives.

allan

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Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: Tame MOT Pictures


> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Hi Allan,
>
> Only 12" streamers? Hmmm...I wonder what's up with
> that? Too small tank cap maybe? The twin MOT supply
> has ample current but marginal voltage. It needs a
> pretty good sized tank cap to take advantage of the
> stiff current. I got 48"-60" streamers out of my 4" x
> 24" coil using a twin MOT supply at 3KVA. Of course,
> that was with a 47nF tank cap and a monstrous sucker
> gap. I'm presently experimenting with a little 4" x
> 18" (28AWG) coil using a 50nF MMC tank cap, and it
> develops frantic 36" streamers at 1600VA. What are the
> details of your coil?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
>
> --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Allanh by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <allanh-at-starband-dot-net>
> >
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > I've built a MOT DC supply similar to yours. I used
> > four
> > caps as ballast, and two 500 ohm, 55 watt resistors.
> > I only got about 12 inch streamers using this
> > supply, and
> > 3 foot streamers using a 12/60 nst. Although it
> > works,
> > I was a bit dissapointed. Perhaps a RSG would help.
> >
> > allan
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 6:43 PM
> > Subject: Tame MOT Pictures
> >
> >
> > > Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry
> > Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> > >
> > > Dear List,
> > >
> > > I've added pictures to my "tamed MOT" web page.
> > See
> > >
> > > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/tame.htm
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
>
>