Re: How to Tame a Wild MOT

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Greg,

Nice work & good descriptions.  Interesting idea to use MO caps for power
limiting.  Question:  Each MO cap is passing up to 1.6 KW through it.  Do
they stay cool?

I have bought several times from USA Manufacturing without an account.  I
just used a credit card - no problem.  Yes, they are a wonderful source of
cheap MO caps (fifty cents each!) and occasionally more beefy HV caps.

MOT supplies have a lot of advantages in my opinion.  They are free or very
cheap, the transformers are nearly bullet-proof, and they are great for
filtered DC supplies.  But they do demand respect as they are potentially
lethal.

--Steve

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Subject: How to Tame a Wild MOT


> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Dear List,
>
> I just published some new web content regarding my
> work with MOT power supplies. The stuff is still under
> construction (no pictures yet), but there's enough
> there to give the general idea. I've built two of
> these adjustable, self-ballasting, twin MOT power
> supplies with voltage doublers, and they both perform
> well. This is hardly an original idea, but there's
> precious little web material available on the subject.
> Drop by and see them. The link is at the bottom of the
> "power supplies" section.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Greg
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
>