Greetings all.I should clarify, I base my observation that 240V MOTS are better than 120V ones on two factors, firstly, Peter Terren can run a 4 MOT stack with an ASRSG with no ballast, processing much more power than I can, whenever I try the same thing, MOTs die, oil or no. This to me is a clear indication that the 240V ones are better. Secondly, this makes sense, forget about total power output and focus on failure mode, heat, then think about the wire gage, 240V MOTs use more wire in the primary, hence less current, hence less heat. If you drive them hard enough, they use just as much current but not more (double the output power.) Look at the wire gage, think of the primary as a heating element, both primaries are probably the same size gage, so run half the current through the same wire, or the same current through double the wire, less heat per transformer in the first case, and more wire per heat*transformer in the second. Maybe none of this means anything, but in my mechanical head it makes sense; besides as I said before, results show 240 holds up better with no ballast using a 4 stack... Perhaps I am completely off and it is 50 vs 60 Hz, saturation which I don't fully understand, or cosmic neutrinos... I can't test any of them in any case myself so who knows. Anyway just my observation...
Scott Bogard. On 3/23/2011 9:12 PM, Frosty wrote:
Sorry not what I meant: I think we have found that MOTs are already a little short on copper to begin with, so a 240v MOT with 120v in would be less saturated than a 120 rated with 120 in but yeah Id say your right a 240 rated with 240 in should probably be just as saturated as a 120 rated with 120 in. Some MOTs i have tested (240v) pull about 1 amp of magnetising current at full 240 in. so they are really lacking on copper. On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:42 AM,<vatercox@xxxxxxx> wrote:Jesse, But who would apply 240 volts to primary of a 120v MOT? Surely -ie. within its rated input voltage range- a 120v MOT is no more likely to saturate than a 240v one? Jolyon _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla_______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
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