Re: Godly Coil of Might

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Godly Coil of Might
• From: "BunnyKiller" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 07:50:59 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Ryan Ries" <spud-at-wf-dot-net>
>
>         Sorry for that "Diablo" allusion, but I wanted to ask:
> I am already running at 3.2KVA, but If I had a 15KVA or so distribution
> transformer, what preparations would I need to make to the coil to get it
> ready to handle the additional input current?  Would I need to upgrade the
> 9"OD secondary from 21 gauge wire to a larger wire?  I am not sure what all
> specifications you need to answer this question, but I am pretty sure that
> things would have to change to accomodate for the huge power that a 15KVA
> power source would produce.  (I'm not even sure if I could find enough wall
> current to power the transformer... :-))
>
>                                 Thanks,
>                                      Ryan Ries
>
> PS - I have a couple new Good pictures of my 3240-watt testing on my
> webpage - http://www.wf-dot-net/~spud
>         I'm working on getting that breakout spot on the toroid fixed. :-)

hi Ryan...

the main concern you would need to address is the available power to the
trannie...
240V -at- 60A  should cover your needs....

you will need better ballasting fershure  ;)   if you plan on using variacs of
some type for voltage control  start looking for some Powerstat 1256 units   2
of them

and since you are looking for higher power in...  a bigger cap would be the
next item on the list ...  no sence in using a pig with 15KVA with a .025uF cap

and sorta last but not least      a spark gap that will undure that kind of
power


Scot D

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