Sparks in Georgia

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Subject: Sparks in Georgia
From: "Payne, Will E" <will.e.payne-at-lmco-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 19:26:52 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Since I destroyed my NSTs, have been using a 70:1 PT

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> Sent: 	Saturday, October 24, 1998 13:02
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> Subject: 	MOT Experiment
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> Original Poster: "Gregory R. Hunter" <ghunter-at-enterprise-dot-net> 
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> The other day I wired a DMM set on AC Amps function in series with a 115V
> 600W MOT and measured its magnetizing current.  To my surprise, the thing
> drew 2200ma with no load!  Core CCA is about 2.4 square inches, and based
> on the turns-per-volt of the low voltage filament winding, I calculated
> its
> primary turns at 132.  I'm no EE, but over 2 amps of magnetizing current
> seems excessive.  If I use four of these to achieve 8KV, they will draw
> almost 9 amps of current with no load.  I like to tinker with MOTs because
> they are cheap and plentiful.  Unfortunately, they also appear to be on
> the
> very edge of saturation!  I'd still like to try to make a Tesla coil power
> supply with MOTs, even if they are wasteful.
> 
> Greg
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