Re: Stacking MOTs

[FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

In a message dated 8/29/00 12:49:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

> Original poster: "Metlicka Marc" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net> 
>  
>  has anyone tried pulling half the windings off of a mot to double the
>  vout?
>  marc
 
Marc,

If you do that and pull off half the primary windings, the core will
saturate due to too many volts per turn vs the core area.  The MOT 
will then draw power even with no load.  They barely have enough 
core and wire as it is.

John Freau