Re: help limiting mots

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

my specs are 6kv 25ma nst 11turns primary tapped at 8 made from 18 swg wire
,secondary 2.2" by 12" 4" spun ali toroid, 4 gap staitic gap, .0132uf mmc
cap
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Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: help limiting mots


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<A123X-at-aol-dot-com>
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> At this point you'd probably be better off trying to improve the other
parts of
> your coil. You could probably get at least 12" with a few improvements.
What
> are the entire specs. of your coil? The MOT supply would need quite a
large
> tank cap that would be expensive if you use an MMC and larger than you
would
> want to use bottle caps for(Greg might disagree on that though) , the
spark gap
> would have to be quite as well, and the power would be more than 12" long
> secondary is good for.
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> Mark
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> In a message dated 1/20/02 2:49:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
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> > hi there,
> >            i have two mots and want to use them as a power supply but
the
> > only
> > problem i have is the limiting of the current. could i get the current
down
> > to
> > a very small amount 500mA poss 1 amp and what would i expect to draw
from the
> >
> > 240 v supply the mots are 240 v input about 2600v output industrial mots
> >
> > i only have a 2.2" by 12" tesla coil the secondary is wound with .2 mm
wire
> > 36
> > awg
> > would this melt it?
> >
> > i currently run the coil with a 6kV 25mA nst with about 6-7" streamers
but i
> > hope to improve with power factor corection and a rotary spark gap
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