Re: Potential Transformer Questions???

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >
 > So what would be your guess at the current limit (ballpark of course) of an
 > average single MOT at 120VAC????
 >
 > I think I only have one MOT currently.
 >
 > Can I just measure the inductance of the MOT with the secondaries shorted
 > and use this information to calculate
 > the limiting current???  I don't really want to operate the transformer
 > without knowing what my limit will be.  Well, I guess
 > I could step up slowly with a variac.
 >
 > Dan

	That's a good test, long known to EE's as a "short-circuit test".  I'm
not sure what an "LC Meter" would measure, but if you simply apply a
small AC voltage and measure the corresponding current you can calculate
a pretty good value of short-circuit impedance.

Ed