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RE: Questions
I'm just curious what does the core, of the pig, look like?
Is it a 'C' core with the coils on each side? Also what ga.
wire on the primary and secondary?
Dave Huffman
huffman-at-d0tokensun.fnal.gov
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>From nikki-at-fastlane-dot-netSun May 5 10:44:36 1996
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 23:58:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: Bert Pool <nikki-at-fastlane-dot-net>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Questions
At 10:14 PM 5/3/96 -0600, Steven Roys wrote:
>About how much copper is actually in a 100lb, 1.5kVA potential
>transformer? I was at a surplus auction the other day and someone outbid
>me for a bunch of current transformers. When I asked what he was going to
>do with them, he said he was going to burn them to get the scrap
>copper. Given this horrifying turn of events, I would like to see what I
>might be up against with the "scrappers" if they ever have any potential
>transformers. I would think most of the weight is in the iron core, but
>I just don't know.
>
>Steven Roys
>
Steven, I recently tore down a bad 10 kva pole pig which weighed about 150
pounds and and got exactly 28 pounds of copper which equated into $25.20.
So, yeah, most of the weight is iron.
Bert