Re: Saturable Reactors

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• Subject: Re: Saturable Reactors
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• Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 01:07:11 -0500
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Subject:  Re: Saturable Reactors
  Date:   Thu, 08 May 1997 19:25:03 -0400
  From:   iLLuSioN <brad-at-greenepa-dot-net>
    To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


>What the heck are you talking about Dave? Putting D.C. on a third 
>winding is fundamental to the operation of a Saturable reactor!
>It is by applying D.C. that you can gradually saturate the core and 
>thus regulate the A.C current through the reactor.

I must agree with the above statement... It is correct. Saturable
reactors
used to be used in theatres as stage dimmers... They were very good at
what
they did (providing you follow some general rules of loading them). I am
a
lighting technician, and know for a fact that these puppies work :)

Brad
brad-at-greenepa-dot-net

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