Re: Measuring Current Output of MOT's?

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Original poster: tesla <tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz> 

Hi Chris

In a quick lash up some time ago I measured the peak charging spike that a
mot could deliver into a capacitor.
The arrangment had a spark gap across a capacitor and a 1 ohm resistor in
the earthy end of the secondary to measure the current.

I got a charging spike of 3amps. This seemed very large and I wondered if
anybody has duplicated this?

Rgds
Ted in NZ


 > wrong, or that most MOT's are capable of currents much higher than 300mA,
 > at least for short periods of time.
 >    Any thoughts or suggestions?