Re: MOT power supply

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 11/15/02 8:28:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>Has anyone built an MOT power supple with an imput voltage of 240v  with
>transformers that came from a 110 volt microwave. Im assuming that the
>primary windings could easily handle the higher voltage, but i thought id
>ask before i hooked it up.
>
>Thanks a lot
>Mark


Mark,

No, the primary windings of a 120 volt input microwave oven tranny
WON'T handle 240 volts! If you hook one up like this, you will let the
smoke out! However you can easily hook up the primaries of two 120
volt input MOTs in series to 240 volts. It does work better if the two
MOTs are as nearly equal in size as possible in this hookup, though.

David Rieben