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Re: DC power supply again
From: Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 1997 2:55 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: DC power supply again
Hi Greg,
> From: Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 1997 3:37 AM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: DC power supply again
>
> Malcolm Watts wrote:
>
>
> > Thanks. My coil here at work: Sucks about 1.6kW from the wall when
> > throwing arcs to ground at 4ft+. Ecp x BPS = 270W.
>
> Do you suspect that the 1.6kW is largely reactive, or is
> something getting very hot?
Things are getting hot. I measured that with a power meter. The power
transformer can really cook - it has far too much winding resistance.
It is actually a souped-up dinky lab demo model. I wound a primary
for it that brings the core close to saturation (Imag around 6A) to
get more volts out. Mains in is 230VAC. The cap is also a bit lossy
and does get warm. But mainly the transformer.
Malcolm