Re: MOT supply construction question

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Hhchicken1-at-aol-dot-com>

Hi Michael,
You may be able to use quick connects, but I've found they tend to slip off
very easily if you tug on the wire, and then it's very messy getting it back
out of the oil again - soldering is much more secure, although you'll probably
need a soldering iron of at least 30W because there's so much thermal mass.
You can always just solder the quick connectors together, then heat them up
again if you ever need to remove them.

Henry

In a message dated 11/10/2002 23:05:25 GMT Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
> Original poster: "Michael Strube by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <mjstrube-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>
> I m in the process of constructing a MOT-based supply that will be immersed
> in
> oil. I ve not tried this before, so here is a naïve question do the
> connections
> that will be under oil need to be soldered? Up to this point, all my dry
> transformers have just used the quick connects that are available on MOTs. I
> m
> guessing that I need to solder those now if they will be in oil. Thanks in
> advance for any help.
>
> Mike