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Re: Large Transformer Question (fwd)
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: Large Transformer Question (fwd)
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From: Tesla List <mod1@pupman.com>
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:25:54 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:11:26 -0800
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
To: Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>
Subject: Re: Large Transformer Question
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> From: Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>
> To: 'Tesla List' <tesla@pupman.com>
> Subject: Large Transformer Question
> Date: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 7:02 PM
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> From: Joshua Resnick [SMTP:seraphim@WPI.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 9:51 AM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Large Transformer Question
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> List,
> I have two H&R 5Kv xfmrs being used in series for my primary. I
> have not turned my coil on yet but they work great (cap testing)
> without tapping the connection between the two secondaries to ground.
> Some have said they have connected this to ground and others said they
> have not. I was wondering what advantage , if any, comes from grounding
> this center connection.
Advantage #1: If you ground the "center tap" then the voltage between the
winding and the core cannot go above the output voltage, and hence, not
destroy the insulation.