[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]

Re: pole pig ideas



to: Tristan

Why not just run a variac and set it to 80% as your full value??  A lot
easier.

How is Jack Wu's project coming along?  Did they let him run it at school,
or did they require you to be there to supervise?

Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net



----------
> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: pole pig ideas
> Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 11:40 PM
> 
> Original Poster: "Mad Coiler" <tesla_coiler-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
> 
> Hello Tesla Listers,
> 
> In the past month or two I have asked some questions about my design for 
> my first pole-pig powered coil. I thank everyone who sent me comments. 
> One of the re-occuring comments was that a 40kV cap was insufficient for 
> a 19,920V pole pig. If I wanted to use this 40kV cap without a major 
> change, would it be possible to apply 120VAC to the LV windings of the 
> pig instead of 240VAC? If this works it should reduce the output to 
> 10kV. But assuming the 10kVA rating is because of the wire size(?) it 
> should still only be able to pass 42A, so the max power would be cut in 
> half to 5kVA??? If this is the case, does anyone now if a pole pig can 
> be overpower (I assume it can), and if so how much and for how long? I 
> would think it could be run at 200% for runs of <1min, with cool down 
> time inbetween. Is this correct?
> 
> Tristan Stewart, KC2EBM
> 
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail-dot-com
>