Re: Transformer (2500 volt)

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Subject: Re: Transformer (2500 volt)
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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:10:50 -0500
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Subject:     Re: Transformer (2500 volt)
      Date:  Fri, 16 May 1997 04:42:25 GMT
      From:  jim.fosse-at-bjt-dot-net (Jim Fosse)
        To:  Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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>Subject:  Re: Transformer (2500 volt)
>  Date:   Wed, 14 May 1997 05:16:29 +0500
>  From:   "Alfred A. Skrocki" <alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com>
>    To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>
>
>> Alfred,
>>         If the oil burner transformers are not current limiting, how
>> do they drive a gas discharge / arc  (the spark plug used to light the
>> oil) without their secondary current becoming infinite? 
[snip]
>
>On all the oil burner transformers I have found that did not have 
>current limiting, I found that the electrodes that comprise the spark 
>gap have a rather high resistance, around 100K ohms each, this would 
>limit the current. I also found one with a series choke in the 
>primary circuit to current limit it.

Alfred,
        I saw your prior post earlier today. Yes these methods would
limit the current, though the resistor will dissipate a lot of the
power.

        jim