Re: MOT success

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

I`ve built one, and it sure needs ballasting, I just didn`t reply to that 
aspect, because I`d be short of a definitive answer to how to do that, 
being a 240 Volts kind of guy.
I suspect that quite a lot of those amps that are drawn end up as heat in 
primary`s not designed to "idle" along without reflecting a load.
I only have 16 Amps and have found a 60mH choke to do good, 30mH even better.
112nF cap.

But I suppose that the roll of installation wire you guys are using over 
there will work well.

Cheers, Finn HAmmer

Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
>In a message dated 1/30/04 11:13:57 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>
>>Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>>
>>Garbage In = Garbage out right?
>>
>>34 kVA in = close to 34 kVA out right? some will be lost in heat and sound,
>>but the output should be close to 34kVa?
>>
>>8kV at 4.25A? Yum. How can I measure the output, put it through a stepdown
>>tranny I am assuming?
>>
>>Aaron
>
>Aaron,
>I was under the impression that the average MOT put out 2 kv at about 500 
>ma.  So, your stack would be about 8 kv at 500 ma or 4 kva total.
>Maybe someone who has built one can help here.  Do they need ballast in 
>the primary or not?  Maybe without ballast they act like a distribution 
>transformer and just keep putting out current until something melts?
>Ed Sonderman