On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:29:04 -0600, "Tim Williams"
wrote:

For the welder rectifier I'm assembling, I need some filtering (so I hear).
Since I have some #0 AWG aluminum wire on hand I'm going to wind it around
some MOT cores. I already made one (barely managing to squeeze ten turns on
it, there's space for two more but the wire is too tough!), with about 1/16"
cardboard shim and welding the core back together (MOTs are normally welded,
I don't see anything wrong here).

My question is, what's the best way to hook up the wire to the rest of the
system? The welder's power transformer is wound with aluminum wire and just
clamped on the output terminals, so I'm guessing a washer and bolt will do.
But this is 7 strand, not solid... I might be able to do it, or it might
squish apart. I suppose I could drill a hole in a block and use a clamp
screw to hold it in place.

Tim

What does MOT mean?