[TCML] laminations

[Neal Namowicz]

Thank you everyone for your input on laminations. From a transformer 
standpoint, it was just a matter of curiousity for me, but from a practical 
standpoint, I am more curious about its applications in ballasting. For the 
moment I've been experimenting with ballasting mots with mots, but down the 
road I hope to get a pole pig eventually. But before I do, I want to have 
the necessary parts in place to be able to control the pig. Getting back to 
mot's, though, what kind of amperage can one expect to be able to push 
through a mot, safely, before things go up in smoke? I think before I go too 
much bigger I'll have to run a new line to my workbench. Right now it's fed 
through a 15 amp breaker, though I can push it for a couple/few seconds at 
20ish amps before tripping. Thanks again for your help and info,

Neal.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Phillips" <evp at pacbell.net>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla at pupman.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] laminations


> Hey Neal,
>
> actually its not simple physics, if it was it would be in the standard hi 
> school textbook :)
> laminated cores reduce the effect known as eddy currents which become a 
> problem in solid core transformers ( and the only solid core ones Ive seen 
> are for RF usage)."
>