Re: Measuring Current Output of MOT's?

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Original poster: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

Steve many MOT will deliver over an amp for short periods.
    Robert   H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:07:19 -0600
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: RE: Measuring Current Output of MOT's?
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 > Resent-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:17:13 -0600
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 > Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner-at-optosci-dot-com>
 >
 >> My initial conclusion is that I'm either going about this all
 >> wrong, or that most MOT's are capable of currents much higher
 >> than 300mA, at least for short periods of time.
 >
 > I think you're right about them being able to deliver much higher currents.
 > I did a characterization on a MOT once, to get series resistance and leakage
 > inductance. (I didn't bother with magnetizing inductance as it's so
 > non-linear) From those experiments, it appeared that it could deliver a lot
 > more than 300mA short circuit current.
 >
 > Steve C.
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