herbach and redman

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Subject: herbach and redman
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 00:53:23 -0600
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From: 	Steve Z[SMTP:zoidspc-at-erols-dot-com]
Sent: 	Monday, November 24, 1997 10:26 PM
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Subject: 	herbach and redman

about a year ago, I bought 2 of those 5kv 300ma transformers to 
replace a fried 120ma neon xformer. I could pull great arcs on the 
benchbut when I hooked them up to my coil the results were disappointing. 
I figured that since these transformers require a 10 uf cap connected to 
a winding that is neither primary or secondary that they must need to 
resonate to get the 5kv. Disconnecting the cap dropped the output a lot.
I guessed that the capacitance of my coil threw the resonance way off and 
it just didn't work. I later band sawed the windings off the cores and re 
wound my own windings. I got rid of the magnetic shunts too. Now I have 2 
transformers that work very well. 
	recently I got the idea that maybe someone should try removing 
the 10uf cap and apply AC power to this resonating winding and see what 
happens. I faintly recall measuring the voltage on this winding in 
operation and it was at 400v or so a step up transformer might be needed 
here.Use ballasting to be safe.

                                          Steve Z