Re: variac witha 15kv/60 NST

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• Subject: Re: variac witha 15kv/60 NST
• From: "Ron West" <ronwes1-at-juno-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:11:33 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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Terry,
I already have 160uF of PFC caps on it (Digikey dry caps P9404-ND).  I'll
try the 15 amp slow blow fuses.

thanks,
Ron

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 22:51:06 -0700 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
> 
> Hi Ron,
> 
> At 08:13 PM 03/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> >
> >My Powerstat 10A variac is not working for me anymore though, it 
> pops
> >fuses as fast as I can replace them.  Should I have expected that?
> 
> My 15/60 draws 8.5 amps with power factor caps and about 14 amps 
> without.
> Adding about 150uF of AC motor run caps may help.  You can also 
> replace the
> fuses with 15 amp slow blow.  My problem was that I could not run 
> the coil
> and gap on a 15 amp breaker so I put in 200uF of PFC caps which 
> brought the
> total current of the coil and gap motor to about 13 amps.  If the 
> powerstat
> is in good shape, it can easily take 15 amps for intermittent duty.  
> I have
> a small fan on mine which greatly helps too.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Terry
> 
> 
> >
> >Ron West
> >ronwes1-at-juno-dot-com
> >
> 

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