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Re: Idea for Powering up coil



Original poster: "R Heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

on 11/12/01 7:12 AM, Tesla list at tesla-at-pupman-dot-com wrote:

> Original poster: "Patrick Bloofon by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <transactoid-at-home-dot-com>
> 
> I don't have a variac and I don't see myself buying one any time soon. So, I
> thought of another way I could apply power to my coil without going full-on
> right away.
> 
> I have several NSTs, ranging from 9kv - 15kv. I also have several small AC
> xfrmrs, from about 20v to 60v. What if I used various combinations of these
> to provide a lower power for testing my TC? I could hook the 20v output into
> my 9kv NST and get around 1,500v, or I could use my 60v and get about
> 4,500v.....and so on and so forth.
> 
> Short of buying a variac, does this sound reasonable?
> 
> 
> 
Pat; A simple diode in series with your primary will cut your voltage in
half.
    Robert   H