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mic trannie idea? Am I crazy or might this work?




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From:  Malcolm Watts [SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent:  Tuesday, February 24, 1998 2:38 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: mic trannie idea?  Am I crazy or might this work?

Hi Jeff,

> From:  Jeff Corr [SMTP:jeffcorr-at-usa-dot-net]
> Sent:  Monday, February 23, 1998 7:57 PM
> To:  Tesla List
> Subject:  mic trannie idea?  Am I crazy or might this work?
> 
> Just wondering, but if I removed turns on a microwave transformer's
> primary, I could raise the voltage on the secondary.
> 
> Assuming the core can be energized with a small number of primary turns, 
> and that the secondary has 4000 turns, a primary of 
> 100 turns - 4800v
> 50 turns - 9600v
> 40 turns - 12,000v
> 35 turns - 13,714v
> 30 turns - 16,000v
> 
> Would this small number of turns be enough to energize the core, and if
> so, could one overcome the tendency of the higher voltages to arc to the
> core?

No problem there. In fact the magnetizing current will easily be high 
enough to saturate the core and blow the mains fuse. You could try 
incrementally reducing it but I don't think there'd be much leeway. 
After all, it was designed in the first place.

Malcolm