Re: Power factor correction capacitors for MOTs

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Jim,

I got mine from Yahoo for less than $30

Gerry R

 > Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > The lowest price I've found is from http://www.efi-dot-org/  Mine came in a
 > couple days.
 > Radio Shack used to sell them, but doesn't any more.
 > Amazon sells them, but at $40.
 >
 > Truly an amazing device (if you've ever had to do these measurements the
old
 > way, you'll really appreciate it).
 >
 > Terry has a bunch of stuff on hot-streamer where he reverse engineered
them
 > to a certain extent.
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 3:55 PM
 > Subject: RE: Power factor correction capacitors for MOTs
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Carl Litton" <Carl_Litton-at-hilton-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Great info, Gerry.  Where are they sold?
 >  >
 >  > Carl Litton
 >  >
 >  > -----Original Message-----
 >  > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 >  > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:46 AM
 >  > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >  > Subject: Re: Power factor correction capacitors for MOTs
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > One way is to buy a "KILL_A_WATT" meter ($30) and measure the PF and
 >  > then
 >  > calculate the PFC needed.  These meters work great and are good upto
15A
 >  > of
 >  > 120V.  The measure line frequency, VA, real watts, PF, line voltage,
 >  > line
 >  > current, and energy consumed (like a stop watch).
 >  >
 >  > Gerry R.
 >  >
 >  >   > Original poster: "Borislav Trifonov" <bdt-at-shaw.ca>
 >  >   >
 >  >   > How do I determine the proper PFC cap, or if I even need one, for a
 >  >   > MOT?  Mine has been modified by removing the magnetic shunts and
 >  >   > reassembling the laminations so that they are interleaved, so I
don't
 >  > know
 >  >   > how that affects the usual numbers used.  I don't know how to
measure
 >  > PFC
 >  >   > and I don't have a scope.
 >  >   >
 >  >   >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >