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Re: [TCML] multiple miniature transformers



Hi Conor,

Personal experience has shown me that a typical (Jefferson)
15/30 NST weighs about 23 lbs, so you (and your friend) are
toting a bit more than 120 lbs if you're picking up eight in one
"cluster", plus the weight of your cart - probably closer to 200
lbs. total. That would explain it "being too much for one man
to handle" ;^\ My 5 kVA, 19.2 kV "piglet" just tips the scales
at 180 lbs. and I can pick it up all by my lonesome, although
I sure wouldn't want to go very far with it!  :^0 Still, as others
have stated, when you start making an NST farm of that many
transformers, it becomes more practical to just get a pig.

David Rieben

----- Original Message ----- From: <ConorPerry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] multiple miniature transformers


I found a good source for NSTs in Craigslist and took advantage of it. There was quite a stack to dig through, but I found a set of 8 matching NSTs and bought the batch for $100. They are 30mA @ 15,000volts (450va). They are setup as two sets of 4, double stacked on a wheeled cart. It's too much for one person to lift, but easy for two people, so probably around 100-120lbs. I've run it at 4.5kva on a jacobs ladder. Still gathering parts for a larger Tesla coil.

Wish I could find more 120mA @ 12,000volts monsters like I use on my little coil.

CP8071


----- Original Message ----- From: "Neal Namowicz" <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] multiple miniature transformers


This is definitely one I have a little experience with. I started accumulating nst's a while ago, and then began tying them together. At the moment, I'm up to 6, 9kv/30ma. I have them mounted on a 2' x 2' platform with casters. As my daughter's boyfriend and I were lugging it up the basement stairs for halloween, I too wondered why I just didn't get a small pig. However, there's still the issue of current control that I don't have to deal with, as I would with a pig. I would stick to using my variac, rather than switching them on individually, too. I prefer to ramp the power up slowly, just in case. I'm only using a safety gap for them at the moment, but I try to be conservative and not push them beyond 80-85% on the variac.

Neal.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] multiple miniature transformers


Wouldn't 10 neon sign transformers and associated equipment be just about as bad as lugging around a pole pig or maybe even worse?
Paul
Think Positive
----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Rutherford
 Hi All,

 A couple of years back I made a TC powered by 4 parallel NSTs,
 providing 1KVA, which worked reasonably well.  I was thinking about
 extending the idea using 10 larger (identical) NSTs to provide 10KVA.
 I would individually protect each NST using something like a Terry
 filter, and also place a switch on the mains side of each transformer,

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