SISG MOT system ballasting question?

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Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

I have been working on collecting parts for the 280W SISG 
system.  Tons of parts come in tomorrow.

But I am a little "stuck" on "how" to ballast the MOTs.  It is a dual 
MOT full bridge rectifier.  The MOTS charge a 150nF cap to 5600V at 120 BPS.

http://hot-streamer.com/temp/SISG-MOT-System.gif

My brain is sort of fried at this point and I never have played with 
ballasted systems before...  It is run off a variac so there is room 
to play...  I was going to model it and all, but fighting the models 
will take hours...  Maybe someone just knows the value of inductor or 
resistor it needs?  *:-))

I got the "parts" to make anything...

The SISG will fire at 5600 volts, so I need to recharge the 150nF cap 
at 120BPS for 282 watts of fun ;-)

I was going to figure it out tomorrow morning but the county ran an 
earth mover into a fence...  So I will be in the mountains tomorrow 
stretching wire...

Cheers,

	Terry