RE: Sources for MOTs

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Original poster: "Ian McLean" <ianmm-at-optusnet-dot-com.au> 

Hi Philip.  Your in Sydney too ?  Whereabouts are you ?

Email me off list if you like, and I'll pass on my telephone number.

Rgs
Ian

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Saturday, 24 January 2004 2:11 am
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: RE: Sources for MOTs
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "Philip Chalk" <phil-at-apsecurity-dot-com.au>
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > In Sydney, at least, local Councils run periodical 'Council clean-ups'
 > where you put junk out on the footpath & they come round collecting it
 > all.
 >
 > Typically, for me, collection is on a Wednesday. Stuff
 > generally starts
 > appearing the weekend before, sometimes earlier.  So, from
 > about Monday
 > onwards you see lots of 'scavengers' driving around sifting thru junk
 > piles & taking what they want. Fortunately junked MW ovens
 > are not a hot
 > item (no coilers near me :-)
 >
 > Also, if there's a clean-up in my suburb this week, say, you can bet
 > neighbouring suburbs will have one coming up next week or so.
 >
 > Recently I 'needed' another TV, so I drove around nearby
 > areas having a
 > cleanup till I found a reasonable-looking, fairly modern 20"
 > Teac.  Took
 > it home, new Horiz. o/p transistor, works like new.....
 >
 > This is where most of my MOTs came from.  I too have about 30
 > now & have
 > long since given up on collecting them.  I remember though that it was
 > my 24th oven that finally gave me a pair of identical MOTs. Shortly
 > thereafter I got my second pair.  So I now have two pairs of identical
 > MOTs & about 25-odd all very similar, but no two identical.
 >
 > I also get the caps, magnetron magnets, etc etc.  I have
 > learnt to strip
 > 'any' MW oven now for the cap & Txfmr in about 5 mins flat.
 > The magnets
 > about another 5 mins.  Then I dump the 'empty' cases back on someone's
 > pile.
 >
 > Brand new Ovens can be had here for under $100; a catalogue I
 > have lists
 > Txfmrs & magnetrons for a variety of models in about the $50 - $80
 > range, so I think there are very few dead ones being
 > repaired.  Wherever
 > people dump things, I would expect ovens to be fairly common.
 >
 > BTW, not one of mine was found with a dead transformer - it's
 > surprising
 > how often they have a blown HV fuse, and probably no other
 > fault, though
 > I don't check as I have no interest in repairing them.
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 > Phil Chalk.
 >
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Friday, 23 January 2004 1:52 AM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Sources for MOTs
 >
 > Original poster: dgoodfellow-at-highstream-dot-net
 >
 > There is a nearby appliance place near me. At times I have
 > seen up to 4
 > GE
 > Spacemaker microwave ovens out by the dumpster. I pull up and help
 > myself to
 > the ovens when they are closed. When they are open, I ask first, and
 > they
 > tell me to take them if I want them. Unfortunately, I have
 > never pulled
 > 2 of
 > the same type of transformer out of apparently identical
 > ovens. At this
 > point my friend and I have a stash of over 30 transformers, no two
 > alike.
 > Right now, go to ebay and there is a boat load of transformers
 > available.
 > Just type "high voltage transformer" into the search bar, you
 > should see
 > over 20 listings, all from the same seller. He wants about $15.00 each
 > for
 > them, but I bet that he would take an offer for 4 or 6 of them.
 >
 > Cheers, Dave G.
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:51 AM
 > Subject: Sources for MOTs
 >
 >
 >   > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >   >
 >   > How do you people acquire MOTs? I can certainly buy them for cheap
 > but
 > dont
 >   > want if I can get them cheaper(preferablly free). Any ideas or
 > suggestions?
 >   >
 >   >
 >   >
 >
 >