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Re: Coil Research (fwd)
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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 22:06:33 -0500
From: Thomas McGahee <tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Cc: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com
Subject: Re: Coil Research
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> To: Tesla-list-subscribers-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Coil Research
> Date: Monday, February 17, 1997 8:25 PM
>
> Subscriber: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com Mon Feb 17 17:39:04 1997
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:40:09 GMT
> From: Jim Fosse <jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Coil Research
>
>
> >Hello all,
> > I am doing some research into certain secondary
> >parameters and would appreciate some info on working coils (if you
> >have two or more, so much the better):
> Hi Malcolm,
> Last week I promised that I would measure my system and post
> the results. I've been sidetracked. I was up to ~3' sparks from my
> single 15kV 60mA neon. I didn't want to blow it so I hooked up my
> 7.5kV 10kVA pig instead. After about 10 minutes of more or less
> continuous running my power contractor's (american?? for high current
> relay) coil smoked;( I'd mistakenly wired it to 220V instead of the
> 110V the coil was rated for.
>
> Today I'm rewinding the relay's coil so I can energize my TC again.
>
> cheers,
>
> jim
Jim,
I think you mean "Power Contactor", not power contractor. It referes to the
fact that the relay is used to provide heavy duty power through its
contacts.
Fr. Tom McGahee