Re: MOT coil does not light

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

woohoo got it working! one of the primary connections was loose, all is well
now!

Thank you very much!

Aaron

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Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: MOT coil does not light


 > Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
 >
 > In a message dated 1/27/04 9:10:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 >
 >
 > >Sigh.......
 > >
 > >Each side of the MOT stack produced a nice big arc that wouldnt go out
until
 > >6-8 inchies away from the lug.
 > >
 > >However, put the 2 stacks together with the individual MOTs hooked up to
the
 > >phase they worked on before, and you only get a spark when you short one
of
 > >the HV terminals to gnd or the other HV terminal.
 > >
 > >They were some hefty arcs when I have the 2 MOTs, but disappointment when
 > >stacked in 4.
 > >
 > >I even tried running them on one phase of 120V by using a jumper wire. No
go
 > >there either, just a spark.
 > >
 > >Now what to do??
 > >
 > >*snip*
 >
 >
 > Aaron,
 >
 > I read another post from you today that said you had all the cores tied
 > together, and still connected to the inside H.V. winding.  Did I read that
 > correctly?  That is ok for the inside two MOTs only.  For the outside two
 > (# 1 and # 4) you need to disconnect the inside H.V. winding from the
 > core.  Solder on a longer wire and insulate it well.  I can't recommend
 > what to do with those cores.  Some folks say to float them, some say to
 > ground them.  I think I would float them if the whole thing is in oil.
 >
 > Ed Sonderman
 >
 >