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Re: MOTs...Exploring the Low End of TC Voltage Part II
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: MOTs...Exploring the Low End of TC Voltage Part II
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From: "Ruud de Graaf" <rdegraaf@daxis.nl> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla@uswest.net>)
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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 06:04:39 -0600
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Approved: twftesla@uswest.net
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Delivered-To: fixup-tesla@pupman.com@fixme
original Poster: "Gregory R. Hunter" <ghunter@accucomm.net>
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> Fellow Coilers,
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> Inspired by the frequent queries about MOTs on this list, I've just
> conducted a simple test with my 4" Tesla coil driven by a pair of
> unballasted MOTs in series at only 4800VAC, but at insane current.
Results
> were pretty gratifying.
snip...
>My coil is optimized to run on 9KV at medium current, yet the low voltage,
> high current MOTs still did a respectable job. I know I'm not the first
> guy to do this, but this simple & cheap power supply option seems largely
> unexplored. It presents some challenges in the area of spark gap design,
> but so what? I'm enthused.
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Nice going Greg, thanks for the info. This is what i'm preaching for two
months now. Maybe you could also link the pictures, i only saw a red cross.
The MotMan