Re: Saturable Reactor Ballast from MOT's

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Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I may be wrong, but in this configuration, with power
being applied to both primary *and* secondary
windings, the shunts wouldn't seem to play much of a
role.  They'll be saturated by the control flux as
well, and with power applied to the primary, it should
require much less that complete control saturation to
realize powers well beyond what the MOT will handle
without catching on fire and melting :)  On the other
hand, if you have already knocked the shunts out of
your MOTs, I can't imagine why that would make them
any less suited to this application.

Regards,
Aaron, N7OE

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: David Speck <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> List,
>
> Any thoughts on whether the MOT saturable reactor
> systems would
> perform better with the magnetic shunts left in or
> driven out?
>
> Dave
>
>
>