Re: Wiring MOTs

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Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h-at-c.dk> 



Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
>Ok, I'm no genius on electronics but know a good bit. Heres how I would do
>it. Ground the first core. Take the high voltage output wire of that one,
>connect it to the core of the next.

Eric,


Whaouu, Hold your horses!

On most MOT`s, the insulation from secondary to ground is better than the 
insulation from primary to ground.

Typically, the secondary is rated at 7kV for 1 minute, and the primary is 
2kV for 1 minute. (in air)

If you connect the high voltage to the core, you bypass the secondary 
insulation, and there is only the primary insulation to keep potentials 
separated. Not good.

Ground the cores, or float them. But under _no_ circomstances do you want 
to connect them to HVout.

Cheers, Finn Hammer

Then take the high voltage wire coming
>out of that one and connect it to the core of the next. The ground core will
>be your 0 volts, the final high voltage wire will be your high voltage out.