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Re: Brief Update

Quoting nikki-at-fastlane-dot-net (Bert Pool) and richard.quick-at-slug-dot-org
(Richard Quick) talking about rewiring and increasing the voltage
on pole pigs.

 > Next I plan on rewiring the two LV windings in parallel, then
 > running 240-280 volts into the parallel windings to produce    
 > 14400 volts on the HV winding. Richard Quick

> Richard, I'm currently running a 5 kva pig by feeding 220 
> (current limited of course) across the 115 volt l.v. windings. 
> I don't think you'll have any problem at all with your proposed
> changes.

I did not think so. Like I said, this 25 kVA core is nothing if
not massive. I have tried to energize the HV side with a 12 KV
neon, but it takes more than a few miliamps to get a magnetic
flux going in such a heavy unit. Combine this with the fact that
the HV winding is grounded internally to the case (with the neon
I was testing it hot cored) it has been rather cumbersome to work
with. The proposed changes should turn this mass of submerged
iron and copper into a valuable power supply for my lab. It is
certainly worth a try considering the price I paid (that old
pack-rat attitude). Anyway, the changes should be completed in a
few more hours, I should have a report to go out in Monday's
mail.

Richard Quick


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