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Re: More Tuning/Debugging
Tesla List wrote:
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> >From kukkonen-at-cc.hut.fiTue Sep 17 22:38:06 1996
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:43:43 +0300 (EET DST)
> From: Kristian Ukkonen <kukkonen-at-cc.hut.fi>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: More Tuning/Debugging
>
> On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Tesla List wrote:
>
> > From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
>
> > noticed that the physical size of these things don't seem to correlate
> > very well with the KVA rating. My wife complains that I keep on looking
>
> Do notice that most of the pigs you see at poles are 3-phased while
> yours (and mine) is single phased..
All the ones I was comparing were single phase. Many were configured in
groups of three to get three phase service...
>
> > interesting thought. After getting my pig (a 10 KVA, 19.9 KV ani
> > stands 44" high including the 11" HV bushings and weighs 350 lb.
> > I sure would think that a 25 KVA transformer would have MUCH more iron
> > in it than a 10 KVA. I also would also have thought a 75 KVA transformer
>
> Well.. That 350 lbs = about 180kg is about exactly the weight of
> my pig which is 20kV at 7kVA..
And yet Richard's weighs about the same for 25 KVA! Hmm....
<SNIP>
> > Maybe I really have a 25 in
> > disguise(?)!
>
> You'd need to take an x-ray picture of the pig.. That way you'd see
> what's inside and how much oil there really is vs. iron..
>
Well, I could get curious and pop the lid also...
> btw: my portable :) TC-powersupply is progressing.. Recently I acquired a
> diesel-engine to run the 10kVA generator I already had.. Soon I'll be
> free from the mains! This way I can get some calculations done too as the
> generator specs are available or measurable..
> I hope this helps,
>
> Kristian Ukkonen.
Thanks! Sounds like you could take your system out in the middle of
nowhere and really let it cut loose!! Good luck!!
-- Bert --