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Re: Smoking the Neons!



Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From SSNSanders-at-aol-dot-comWed Oct 23 21:51:43 1996
> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 12:17:40 -0400
> From: SSNSanders-at-aol-dot-com
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Smoking the Neons!
> 
> In a message dated 96-10-23 03:38:51 EDT, you write:
> 
> <<
>  >You also should add series inductors, caps to ground, and safety gaps to
>  >ground for reducing RF coupling to the transformers, and to provide a
>  >path to ground for any secondary "hits" that may couple into the primary
>  >circuit.
>  >
>  >Safe coilin' to ya! >>
> I thought that a rotary motor that ran at a mutiple of the line frequency ,
> 1800/3600RPM would be in sync. I know its not that cut and dried but
> basically is it not?       Stephen S

Stephen,

IF the motor is truly made to be synchronous at 1800 or 3600 RPM, yes.
Most commonly available induction motors "slip" to a slightly lower,
non-synchronous rate like 1725 or 3450 RPM. Brent's pole modifications
can "convert" these to tru synchronous operation.


-- Bert --