Re: Newfound Respect 4 MOTs!!!

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Original poster: "robert heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

ken: A ask my local Good-Will for defective ovens to buy for $10. Most
municipal dumps will sell them. Where I live now is harder to get because
this is a depresed area with no city dump so I go to yard sales and ask
people for them when I see them in yards.
  Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:58:20 -0600
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> Subject: Newfound Respect 4 MOTs!!!
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> Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:05:03 -0600
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> Original poster: "Ken Stevens by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <bluewaterdiver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> 
> Following Greg's design for a MOT supply, I did a little playing
> tonight.
> 
> I only have one MOT, so I just built 1/2 of his basic supply.
> 
> Hooking it up to my Jacobs Ladder (my Std. Test Bench) to see what I
> could get out of a single MOT.
> 
> It took me a little to realize why, no matter how I adjusted the Brazing
> Rods I have as verticals, kept coming out of adjustment and shorting
> out!!!
> 
> They were melting!!! Within 10-15 seconds the arc generated enough heat
> to start melting my 800 degree melting point rods!!!! WOW!!!!!! Never
> had that happen with NST's!!!
> 
> I can hardly wait to get that 6-pack going!!
> 
> Anyone have some spare MOTs they'd be willing to part with for ???. I've
> been scrounging, but in the homeless capital of California picking have
> been real slim!! What line seems to work best at appliance repair
> shops?? The one I found the little old man behind the counter just
> looked at me real funny and pointed to the not-so-cheap used ones in the
> corner!!! Anyone got a fool-proof line??
> 
> Thanks for the input,
> 
> Ken
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