Re: transformer phasing

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• Subject: Re: transformer phasing
• From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
• Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 14:03:21 +1200

Hi all,
        I'll hazard a guess on this one...


> After coiling since January, I got my first cloud of acrid smoke,
> from one of three neons ganged together.  Strangely, the cloud rose
> after I had disconnected the third (difficult to phase) neon from
> the good pair. 
> 
> The smoked neon is a GE 12 kv unit marked "HPF".  I had it phased
> with a 12 kv 60 ma trans and the coil was working good.  The third
> unit (12 kv 30 neon) never seemed to get along with these two in
> the sense that it seemed out of phase either way I connected the
> primarys.

My guess is that the unit that wouldn't work with the others was 
faulty to begin with (e.g. 1/2 secondary shorted). Right or wrong?

Malcolm

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