Re: MOT power supply

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


Hi Tim, All,

In a message dated 11/18/02 9:33:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>Ted L, Jwhyte, Andy K, ...and
>lots of others have built the mean 6 pack machine without frying their
>MOT's running the outer secondaries at 3X typical insulation rating.
>...so MOT's are more durable than one might think.

There is a critical difference between the output voltage across a group of 
seriesed MOTs and the breakdown voltage of a single MOT. For example, with 
6 in series,
each MOT only sees a voltage drop of 2KV ACROSS IT  when the pack output is 
12KV. At no time is the insulation of any one MOT subject to the full 
potential difference.

Matt D.