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RE: MOTs in series



Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

      Hi Andreas

> Some MOTs do not have the inner lead of the HV coil connected to the core.
> I have a couple of MOTs where inner leads look like they are connected to
> the core, but are actually insulated from the core. I did not like the
> situation, so I connected the inner leads of both MOTs to their cores.
> Connecting different MOTs in series should not cause a serious problem. In
> fact I'm up to 48 MOTs now, and I still do not have an identical pair. I'm
> beginning to think that identical pairs do not exist in the USA. If both
> MOTs work individually and you have properly phased for series connection
> on the HV side, I can't think of anything else that is causing the
> problem. Have you checked the service breaker :-))))
> 
> Godfrey Loudner
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
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> 	Sent:	Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:23 PM
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> 	Subject:	MOTs in series
> 
> 	Original poster: "Andreas by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolly-at-husum-dot-net>
> 
> 	i still have a problem with serializing MOTs. example:
> 	i have two MOTs, each MOT draws current when connecting a
> capacitor.when
> 	i connect both secondaries (in series) the MOTs draw no current. i
> 	checked the polarity of the primaries. no matter how i connect them,
> 	there is no current flowing. is there a problem with using different
> 	MOTs? if yes, what about connecting a tank capacitor to each
> secondary?
> 
> 	greetinx from germany
> 
> 	andreas
> 
> 
>