Re: MOT Wiring Question

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Original poster: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net> 

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>Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
>Hi All,
>It was spring cleaning day in Ripon, WI today.  I was able to snag a 
>couple of MO's.  The one I have a question about is an old Amana 
>Radarange.  Opening it up I saw warning stickers for 4KV.  The medium 
>sized MOT's output goes to the cap, and from the cap it goes into another 
>smaller xfmr, and from that to the magnatron.  My question is: Is this MOT 
>a 4KV one, and is the other xfmr a filiment xfmr?
>David E Weiss
>
>.

Hi David,

Congratulations on a great find! The older Amana's did indeed have a 
separate filament transformer as well as one very beefy, well built HV 
transformer. I got a similar MO from a friend a year back. They're built 
like a tank... :^)

Best regards,

-- Bert --
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