Re: 4-MOT supply, questions for Mike S.

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Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>


At 05:03 PM 09/12/02 -0700, you wrote:

 >Original poster: "Steve Lawson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<slawson-at-basec-dot-net>
 >
 >Dear Mike:
 >
 >Nice job with your 4- MOT powered TC.  I admire your engineering layout
 >of your PC boards too.   I have a few questions I wonder if you could
 >answer.

<SNIP>


 >Your website also says that you're using 51 uF MOT caps per secondary
 >leg for secondary side ballasting.   I'm confused about this rather
 >large capacitance because most MOT caps are approximately 1 uF with
 >a 2000 volt rating.
 >
 >Sincerely,
 >Steve Lawson (Coiling in South Dakota)
 >

Hi Steve, Coilers,

I think that was a typo.  It probably should read as 5 1 uF. capacitors
in each leg.  I can see ten caps in total in the pix, so that's likely
the case, but Mike himself will have to answer about the two ballast
transformers and any PFC capacitors.

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