Re: 7200 V too low?

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: 7200 V too low?
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 10:59:18 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

In a message dated 4/15/00 2:12:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> 
>  My transformer is a 14.4  5kva unit.  I feed it 240 volts in and get 
14,400 
>  out.  I believe these transformers are rugged and over designed enough to 
>  allow you to input 240 volts in to the 120 volt tap and get 14,400 out of 
a 
>  7,200 volt unit.  Has anyone tried this?
>  
>  Ed Sonderman

Ed,

The transformer will saturate.  The input voltage can be raised to
perhaps 25% over the rated input voltage at the most, before it becomes
too inefficient due to saturation.  It's all a matter of the volts per turn
for which the transformer was designed.

Cheers,
John Freau

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