Re: Why people don't use MOTs in a TC

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

The only problem is the tendency of NST's to die. 4 MOT's in series with a 
center tap have decent voltage and the current just needs to be ballasted. 
The only annoying thing about the MOT's is a decent ballast but I've made one 
out of the core of an MOT using the original primary as the coil(I probably 
should wind a different coil for the ballast) and then I can change the 
current input from like 3A to 15A.

Mark

In a message dated 7/15/02 10:33:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<< Hi folks,
 Just had to chime in on this one.
 
 I've read a lot about using MOTs in a TC. First of all I think the current
 is too high and voltage too low. NSTs are abundant and I got mine for free
 (15/60). So I do not see why people go the MOT route. Like this hobby is
 not dangerous enough?
 
 My $.02
 Dan
 Ft. Lauderdale
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