Re: MOT Wiring Question

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Original poster: John Keith <jskeith-at-interaccess-dot-com> 

Hi David,

    No, it is a normal 2000V-or-so xformer; the 4KV is the peak voltage
produced by the doubler. And yes, the other one is the filament xformer. I
have stripped a couple of these ovens myself.

Regards,
John Keith



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Subject: MOT Wiring Question


 > Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi All,
 >
 > It was spring cleaning day in Ripon, WI today.  I was able to snag a
couple
 > of MO's.  The one I have a question about is an old Amana
 > Radarange.  Opening it up I saw warning stickers for 4KV.  The medium
sized
 > MOT's output goes to the cap, and from the cap it goes into another
smaller
 > xfmr, and from that to the magnatron.  My question is: Is this MOT a 4KV
 > one, and is the other xfmr a filiment xfmr?
 >
 > David E Weiss
 >
 >