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Re: HOW TO MEASURE XFRMR POWER?
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: HOW TO MEASURE XFRMR POWER?
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From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 08:31:28 +1200
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Hi everybody,
A suggestion on this....
> I have 2 12KV transformers. They are about 2.5' cubed and filled with oil.
> I
> have been able to tell the output voltage by placing 10VAC on the input and
> measured 1200VAC on the output. The tricky part is how to tell what the powe
> r
> rating is. There is no indication of who made them or any stickers or plates
> on
> them of any kind.
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> Does anyone have any ideas on a semi-easy way to tell what the maximum safe
> power output of the transformers are?
Connect a capacitor across the secondary of one of them, connect a LOW
impedance signal generator across the primary, then use a scope
connected across the capacitor and secondary to find the resonant
frequency. If you don't have an oscilloscope, you find resonance
easily enough by connecting a neon bulb across the
secondary/capacitor.
Knowing the value of C and f, calculate Xc by
Xc = 1/(2xPIxfxC)
This value will be = to Xl of your transformer. Since you know
that V = 12kV, you can calculate I = V/Xc which you can then
calculate a ballpark W = VxI from. You can also calculate W = V^2/Xc.
I think this should get you pretty close.
Malcolm