Re: Transformer OK for a Coil? (mot coil)

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Original poster: "June Heidlebaugh" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

THE REAL PROBLEM IS SPARK GAP SPACING. At that low voltage great care must
be taken to get the spark gap to fire and avoid power arc problems. Not much
room for errors.
    Robert    H
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Subject: Re: Transformer OK for a Coil? (mot coil)


 > Original poster: Brett Miller <brmtesla2-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Bob,
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > Original poster: Bob81818-at-aol-dot-com
 >  >
 >  > Would anyone mind telling me some insight on how
 >  > hard it would be to use a
 >  > single MOT for a coil?
 >
 > Well, I have two nice 4000 volt MOTs, which I can
 > assure you are available if you can find the larger
 > high wattage ovens.  Use a simple level shifter
 > (doubler) with one of those to get around ~8000 Volts.
 >   Then you could go real simple with the gap too...an
 > air blast using high psi set real close would do the
 > trick.  For proof of concept, Greg Hunter actually
 > fired a coil using two small MOT's in series for
 > around 4KV so it could actually be done without the
 > level shifter.  But in the end I would say it's
 > probably more of a headache to try to do it without
 > one than with.  Greg has a page on
 > www.hot-streamer-dot-com.
 >
 > -Brett  KI4DBK/AG
 > http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/brett
 >
 >