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Transformer current
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Transformer current
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From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 15:26:35 -0500
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Greetings once again,
I have a transformer power question. I don't have an AC amp meter so I an
using a high power resistor (.25 ohm) in series with the transformers. I
have two 12kv 30ma transformers in parallel. The load is my cylindrical
spark gap. I measure and compute the current to be 6.0 amps with no pfc
capacitor and 2.4 amps with an 86 to 103 mfd capacitor. What I started doing
here was trying to dial in the correct capacitor.
If the transformers are 80% efficient and they are putting out 12kv, I
compute the secondary current to be 19 ma. Can anyone explain why it is not
30ma?
Thanks, Ed Sonderman