Re: J Ladder

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Original poster: "CTC by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <corytesla-at-hotmail-dot-com>


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 > Original poster: "Jonathon Reinhart by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <TC_Jonathon-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
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 >  > Original poster: "Cory Capps by way of Terry Fritz
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 > <corytesla-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > This may sound stupid but I Bult a J. Ladder out of Two MOT's
 >  > And its Arc's are two friggen bright (And Hot)
 >  > I Have been blowing a 20amp breaker after a few runs (About 5)
 >  > Would A Varic Help, if so how meny amp's should it handle
 >  >
Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

You need a ballast.  You shouldn't be operating these things period without
a little more knowledge of the things in the first place.
Just a simple search on the pupman archive would have yielded the necessity
for a ballast as running without one could have been very dangerous (fire
hazard).  Luckily,
your circuit breaker is doing its job!

The Captain

 >
 > You are blowing the breaker because the MOTs are not current limited. You
 > need a third mot to ballast the other two, and limit the current it draws.
 >
 > Short cirucuit the secondary of the 3rd MOT, and hook its primary in
series
 > with the other two's.... like this:
 >                            3rd MOT
 >        -------------)||(-------|
 > 120                   )||(           |
 >        --|            |- )||(-------|
 >           |            |
 >           |            |
 >           |            ----------------------)||(----------------------O
 >           |                                             )||(   MOT 1
 >           |                                  |------ )||(----|
 >           |                                  |                    |
 >           |                                  |-------)||(----|
 >           |                                             )||(   MOT 2
 >           |------------------------------)||(-----------------------O
 >
 >
 > It helps to make a special outlet box with two outlets wired in series,
but
 > make sure you label it or it can be dangerous!
 >
 > Jonathon
 >
Thanks Jonathon I think I saw a modified version of this
on Greg's site

Also to "THE CAPTAIN"
I said it sounded stupid, But of course I know my circuit
breaker is doing its job
And I knew I should of used Oil burner xfmrs
because MOT's are not current limited
like NST's
but I just wanted to see what would happen
and yes I know it could have caused a fire
that's why I had a good old ABC Beside me
and I was running on a metal conduit going from
my breaker box to my MOT's About 3ft and I have
my breaker on a quick disconnect hooked to
a another meter >not the one supplying the house mains current
Next time I will check pupmans archive's

Sorry this sounds sort of angry it just came of that way
I always work Safety first! (although it may not appear in my text)

Thanks,
C Capps