I'm rewiring a number of MOT's and was wondering if how the wires are arranged makes a difference. Depending upon the answer I can use more wire lengths or less.
I plan on using a minimum of 6 lengths of wire, all will be the same length, but if possible I may go to 12 (or maybe 18) lengths at 1/2 the length of the 6.
What I want to know is if I wrap on length around the very inner core and then another wire on top of that, so layer 2, then wire 3 would be layer 3, etc. Each length would have a little less turns but the total length would be the same. This type of setup would be ideal for getting the most wires in the transformer
The other option is to start all 6 at the same point, the inner section, but this is MUCH more difficult and I don't think I can get as many strands in this way.
Also there are some metal (iron?) shims between the primary and secondary and have read that these should stay and some say to remove them. What do you guys suggest? It is about 1/4-1/3" thick and about 8-10 plates the thickness of each of the outer core plates.
I plan on using a minimum of 6 lengths of wire, all will be the same length, but if possible I may go to 12 (or maybe 18) lengths at 1/2 the length of the 6.
What I want to know is if I wrap on length around the very inner core and then another wire on top of that, so layer 2, then wire 3 would be layer 3, etc. Each length would have a little less turns but the total length would be the same. This type of setup would be ideal for getting the most wires in the transformer
The other option is to start all 6 at the same point, the inner section, but this is MUCH more difficult and I don't think I can get as many strands in this way.
Also there are some metal (iron?) shims between the primary and secondary and have read that these should stay and some say to remove them. What do you guys suggest? It is about 1/4-1/3" thick and about 8-10 plates the thickness of each of the outer core plates.