Re: Wiring MOTs

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Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Does 1 A on the output with both terminals connected to each other sound
right? It jumps to ~10-15 amps when you draw an arc from it.

I can measure the voltage by wrapping the output around an iron core a set
amount of times and stepping the voltage down with a fewer amount of turns
and then measuring the voltage of those wires right?

volts / turns = volts / turns

Correct?

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Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Wiring MOTs


 > 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.
 >
 >
 >
 >