Re: MOT secondaries

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

yes the terminals you refer to are the high voltage terminals approx 2000v
the magnetron wires are only to feed approx 7v
cheers
colin heath


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Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:00 AM
Subject: MOT secondaries


> Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> Hi all,
>   There's one thing about MOT's that I don't understand.. There seems to
be
> 2 secondary windings.. The first is quite obvious.. the two heavy wires
> that connect to the magnetron.. but then there's a second winding, one end
> of which goes to the core and the other to a spade lug.. What's this one
> for? Does it have something to do with the voltage doubler part of the
> setup? Is there anything that can/should be done with this? (As in, does
it
> pose any kind of potential hazard and could it be modified to give more
> output voltage?) Thanks for any info..
>
> Coiling in Pittsburg
> Ben McMillen
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