Re: MOT supply ballasting

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Matt Whitman by way of Terry Fritz 
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <teslacoiler-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > Hello all. A while back there was some talk about capacitively ballasting
 > mot supplies. I was wondering if anyone has had any success with this and
 > how do you wire it up. I have a six pack mot supply that is inductively
 > ballasted with two mots in parallel and their secondaries shorted. This
 > limits the current to 340ma but also limits the voltage to around 7kv, which
 > is about half what it could output. Suggestions and  comments would be
 > greatly appreciated.
 >
 > Matt Whitman
 > teslacoiler-at-hotmail-dot-com
 > http://web.a-znet-dot-com/~teslacoiler/index.html
 > KC2IEV

	I too wonder about "capacitive ballasting".  Has anyone done a careful
analysis of the subject?

Ed