Re: MOTs/MMC

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Original poster: "Peter Terren by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <pterren-at-iinet-dot-net.au>

Ed
Do you need to ballast your MOT's? I have never done so and have run low
outputs with a smaller tank cap and low BPS up to my current 8 ft sparks
when running flat out. I only recently acquired a variac and if you monitor
the current then you determine your output to safe limits.
Cheers
Peter (Tesla Downunder)  http://members.iinet-dot-net.au/~pterren/

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Subject: Re: MOTs/MMC


 > Original poster: "tesla by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz>
 >
 > Rgds
 > Ted L in NZ
 > but doesn't two or three MOTs (with shorted secondaries) in parallel
 >  > work ok?  How about using motor run caps in series with the primary?
It
 >  > just seems that ballasting would be easier done on the low voltage
 >  > side.  Just curious.
 >  >
 >  > Ed Sonderman
 >
 >
 >
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