Re: Microwave Oven Transformers (MOTs)

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Subject: Re: Microwave Oven Transformers (MOTs)
From: "Gregory R. Hunter" <ghunter-at-accucomm-dot-net>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 15:55:23 -0400
In-Reply-To: <4.1.20000502072750.00a37b30-at-pop.dnvr.uswest-dot-net>

At 07:27 AM 05/02/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "sundog" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net> 
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>Hi!  MOTs must be ballasted, because unlike NST's or OBIT's, they
>don't have current-limiting shunts that keep the core from
>saturating and dumping as much current as it can till either the
>wires burn up, the breaker/fuse goes, or someting else blows up
>(read "Your Cap!")

Hi Sundog, all

This conflicts with my own experience.  My twin MOT supply with voltage
doublers is running unballasted on a 220V/20 Amp circuit, and it has never
tripped the breaker.  Likewise, I have tried the same power supply with no
voltage doublers and no ballast, and it still didn't trip the breaker.
Also, I have tested a few 115V MOTs that did not trip a 20A/115V breaker
with the HV lead shorted to the core and the primary plugged into a regular
wall outlet.  The MOTs I tested in this way got hot, but did not burn up or
damage anything.  I agree that they are not designed to run in a continuous
short-circuit condition, but some MOTs regulate themselves better than
others.  Even so, if you wish to run more than one MOT on a single 115V
circuit, then ballasting is required.

My $.02 worth,

Greg

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Date: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:13 PM
>Subject: Re: Microwave Oven Transformers (MOTs)
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>>Original Poster: Fucian-at-aol-dot-com
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>>Then why must they (MOTs) be ballasted?
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Re: Microwave Oven Transformers (MOTs)

From: "sundog" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)