Re: Fw: Input frequency (fwd)

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• Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 20:07:21 -0600 (MDT)
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Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 11:51:26 -0700
From: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Fw: Input frequency (fwd)

Tesla List wrote:

> Say if you had a Neon say, 10Kv at 50ma running on the usual 230V 50Hz
> mains.  As far as I can gather if you use 230V input but at 100Hz you would
> actually get 20Kv at 50ma, thus more wattage input.  Has anyone tried this.
> It may stress the Neon transformer but would this work ?

This is incorrect. The voltage will remain at the same level, and the current
(short-circuit) will decrease to 25 mA, since it is limited by the inductive 
reactance of the output, that is proportional to the frequency.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

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