RE: Potential Transformer Questions???

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>


So what would be your guess at the current limit (ballpark of course) of an
average single MOT at 120VAC????

I think I only have one MOT currently.

Can I just measure the inductance of the MOT with the secondaries shorted
and use this information to calculate
the limiting current???  I don't really want to operate the transformer
without knowing what my limit will be.  Well, I guess
I could step up slowly with a variac.

Dan


Dan,
   Buy a few MOT's, put them in parallel and short the secondaries. They
work great at limiting current. I use 4 in parallel at 240 vac to limit my
25 kVA pig. I get about 18 kW.



Paul S. Marshall