Re: Identifying Current and Voltage on vaguely marked MOT. (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:20:33 -0700
From: Barton B. Anderson <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Identifying Current and Voltage on vaguely marked MOT. (fwd)

Yes, this is exactly what Jim stated. It will give an approximation.

Take care,
Bart

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>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:32:39 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Identifying Current and Voltage on vaguely marked MOT. (fwd)
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>Can you not apply 120V to the secondary and read off the primary voltage...That should give you a very good approximation to the voltage ratio...Then you have two variables to work with
>  Mike
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>Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:38:15 +0100
>From: Tom Trevethan <t.trevethan@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Identifying Current and Voltage on vaguely marked MOT.
> (fwd)
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>Not possible. Although most MOTs are around the 2 kV mark. If you have 
>a variac
>(or any low voltage AC source) you can measure the voltage ratio with a
>multi-meter and then scale up to mains voltage.
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>MOTs can give around 400 - 500 mA, although they are not very good at
> current
>limiting, so don't short it (or use it in a Tesla coil) without a
> ballast.
>
>Tom
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>Quoting Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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>>Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:21:46 -0500
>>From: Glen McGowan <glen.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Identifying Current and Voltage on vaguely marked MOT.
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>>Just curious if there's some super secret math out there that can
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> help me
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>>identify the rated voltage and current of a MOT.  I only have one
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>>for the equations.... the MOT is labeled with 700W output. That's
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> it......
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