Re: [TCML] which is more recommended? MOT or NST?

[Bayley Wang <wang9xb17@xxxxxxxxx>]

MOTs output an unpleasantly low voltage, which makes spark gaps unreliable.
It becomes necessary to use a four-pack under oil, a 2-pack with a doubler,
or a single MOT with a doubler and resonant charging. The third option is
sort of difficult (you need, among other things, a high voltage charging
choke). The first is messy, and the 2nd decreases reliability (you now have
both MOTs AND a doubler to kill! plus MOTs in air is bad) Also, MOTs are not
the highest quality of transformers :P
It can be done, and it works, but it takes a lot of work and isn't pretty
(imho).

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:34 AM, James Hutton
<b-u-r-t-o-n-boy@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> Hello, I have built a good sized tesla coil that uses  a 15/60 NST beforeIt
> decently easy.I need to build another one, and I am just wondering if I
> should stick to NST's or use some MOT's instead.
> NST's seem more common and simpler to use, but they can be expensive. MOT's
> can be found in the dump... and from videos i've seen, they work really
> well... but it seems that not to many people use them. So it makes me think
> that there is something about MOT's that make them difficult to work
> with.thanks
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