Re: NST question 30ma or 60ma not sure?

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Subject: Re: NST question 30ma or 60ma not sure?
From: Bunnykiller <bigfoo39-at-idt-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 20:37:54 -0700
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Neal Whitaker <NDWhitaker-at-Worldnet.att-dot-net>
> 
> Hi guys & gals,
> 
> Late last Wednesday I stopped by my local NST farm and found 2 15KV
> units ripe for the picking!  The labels were already pulled off
> (warranty stuff) but my contact told me they were 15KV units.  The only
> thing he said was wrong were that one insulator on each of the units was
> lose. I brought the units home and performed the high voltage terminal
> arc check to ground.  Both worked well.  I then checked one high voltage
> terminal to the other one (same NST).  This is what got my attention.
> With the other 15KV 30ma units I have I can only pull an arc about 1
> inch maybe 1.5 inches across the high voltage terminals.  These units I
> got Wednesday pulled at least 2.5 inches with out a problem.
> 
> Question 1    Could these be 60ma units? Is there a way to check?
> Question 2    Can I put silicon around the lose insulators to keep them
> from wiggling (technical term) around?
> 
> The only downside is I think they are Franceformers :-(  (Hey Terry need
> a paperweight).  They look just like my other france.
> Note:  I only was working with one NST at a time. I was not ganging them
> in any fashion.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Neal
> NDWhitaker-at-worldnet.att-dot-net



Hi Neal     you can do the reverse amp check ...   short the hi V
outputs and read the amps the 120V source draws and work the amps
backwards from  15KV  if you get a really oddball reading  ( not 30 or
60mA ) then try the numbers with the secondary side at 12KV and repeat
the numbers see how that turns out ...


Scot D

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