Re: Tame MOT Pictures

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi Allan,

Only 12" streamers? Hmmm...I wonder what's up with
that? Too small tank cap maybe? The twin MOT supply
has ample current but marginal voltage. It needs a
pretty good sized tank cap to take advantage of the
stiff current. I got 48"-60" streamers out of my 4" x
24" coil using a twin MOT supply at 3KVA. Of course,
that was with a 47nF tank cap and a monstrous sucker
gap. I'm presently experimenting with a little 4" x
18" (28AWG) coil using a 50nF MMC tank cap, and it
develops frantic 36" streamers at 1600VA. What are the
details of your coil?

Cheers,

Greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Allanh by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <allanh-at-starband-dot-net>
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I've built a MOT DC supply similar to yours. I used
> four
> caps as ballast, and two 500 ohm, 55 watt resistors.
> I only got about 12 inch streamers using this
> supply, and
> 3 foot streamers using a 12/60 nst. Although it
> works,
> I was a bit dissapointed. Perhaps a RSG would help.
> 
> allan
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 6:43 PM
> Subject: Tame MOT Pictures
> 
> 
> > Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry
> Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> >
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I've added pictures to my "tamed MOT" web page.
> See
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/tame.htm
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Greg
> >