[TCML] MOT mystery arcing

[Scott Bogard <sdbogard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Guys,
	So here is a new one that has me stumped...  My 4-inch coil burned a 
MOT (no uprise there) so I replaced it, to keep the coil from arcing to 
the primary and capacitor etc, I hung a grounded wire off the base so 
any downward reaching arcs hit it instead of the works (and it does the 
job quite well.)  Here is the bizarre thing, sometimes (most of the time 
in fact) when it hits the wire, I see arcing in the MOT windings to 
core, it started as high voltage secondary coil type arcing racing all 
over, but over time the windings are actually catching fire inside on 
one of the MOTs.  I cannot believe but it is still running.  None of the 
wires were connected, I tried grounding the MOTS and nothing has 
changed, I'm using only two, what is going on here?  My base is wood 
painted with black paint, and one MOT has shunts removed, the other 
doesn't.  I don't know what else to say, it's never done this before...

Scott Bogard.
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