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Re: 240 volts for my NST?



Your NST will saturate and start to draw huge amounts of current (even with
no load) resulting in rapid heating.

My experience has been that at around 150V it starts to wipe out..

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From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:45 AM
Subject: 240 volts for my NST?


>Original Poster: "Jon Lagler" <rockcrawl-at-netzero-dot-net>
>
>Hello All,
>    I have a 12kv 30mA NST that I am considering depotting to increase the
>output current. While discussing it with a friend, he said why not put 240
>volts to the primary instead of 120. That should increase the output to
24kv
>which I'm sure my 60kvdc MMC could handle. Will this work, or will I fry
the
>NST?
>
>Thanks,
>Jon
>
>
>