Re: Big 69 kv transformer (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:44:51 -0500
From: Virtualgod <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Big 69 kv transformer (fwd)

Unfortunately if you don't live near Scottsdale AZ you pretty much outa luck
unless you got a big pickup truck and access to a forklift. I asked him what
the kVA rating was, no reply yet, but I'd guess it probably draws 20A or so
unloaded. (look like 400A lugs, maybe 100kVA?). Didn't know that 69kv "pigs"
existed. All the ones I seen other than pt's are
69kv-34.5/19.9/16.8/14.4/12/8.4/7.2/4.8/2.4kv. Kinda wonder if it'd just be
more efficient to use xformers like these and eliminate the 2.4-34.5 kv
substations rather than stepping it down 2-3 times. Of course the cost would
go up, but seem like it would save in the long run. Of course then we'd have
to run TC's at 69kv after all the present pigs died.

Mike
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Subject: Big 69 kv transformer (fwd)


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> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:25:21 -0600
> From: Godfrey Loudner <ggreen@xxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Big 69 kv transformer
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> At http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3851753729 is a 69
> kv distribution transformer minus the insulators and possibly the oil
> for $500 plus one fantastic shipping bill. If one could get two complete
> units, they can be seried for 138 kv. But as Jim Lux wrote in another
> posting, where would one get the operating power. The 120/240 buses look
> very substantial. I wonder how many amperes it would take to energize
> the core? Well look on and dream.
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> Godfrey Loudner
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