Pole Pig instead

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: Pole Pig instead
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 20:54:01 -0600
Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net
Subject: 
        Re: 10KV RMS -at- 300MA for less than $100
  Date: 
        Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:55:38 -0500
  From: 
        "Lord Talimar" <lordtali-at-mill.tds-dot-net>
    To: 
        "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


And who should I call to get a hold of a reconditioned pole pig?  Would
Consumers power or Detroit Edison just hand one of these over?

LT

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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: RE: 10KV RMS -at- 300MA for less than $100
> Date: Saturday, March 22, 1997 4:09 PM
> 
> Subject: 
>         RE: 10KV RMS -at- 300MA for less than $100
>   Date: 
>         Sat, 22 Mar 1997 09:15:20 -0800
>   From: 
>         "Jeff W. Parisse" <jparisse-at-ddlabs-dot-com>
>     To: 
>         "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> 
> 
> Coilers,
> 
> By the time one hooks two (in resonant mode) or four (in non-resonant mode)
> of these transformers up to obtain 10kV -at- 300ma and then soaks them in oil
> to make them last more than a day or two, one must realize that one could have
> opted for a $300 reconditioned pole pig for about the same price, less
> headache and the pig will give YEARS of coiling enjoyment.
> 
> I've used five sets of these transformers in three different coils since
> 1985. When one reads the specs. one gets very excited. But these transformers 
>were meant to power the corona wires on a copier. Hardly much of a load, and very
> stable, not like that of a tank circuit. I'm telling readers to save their money >for a pole pig.
> Father Tom, Richard Hull gave me this advice (re: ferro-resonants) about> a
> year ago and I wish I had listened and spent my experimental dollar learning
> more about tuning, coupling and top loading. If I had acted on that advice, I
> would have a pig by now instead of a pile of burnt out ferro-resonant
> transformers.
> 
> Yes, I used chokes, safety gaps of differing configurations,
> disconnecting the 
> resonant winding, etc. but all to the same eventual end: smoke. If you can't
> afford the three bills for a pole pig, two or three paralleled 60ma. neons will
> last longer.
> 
> 
> _______________________
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> 
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