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Re: Xfmers-110 to 220 (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 19:48:03 -0500
From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Xfmers-110 to 220 (fwd)
Tesla List wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 12:50:01 EDT
> From: Boombast99 <Boombast99-at-aol-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Xfmers-110 to 220
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> In a few weeks I'll be making a trip to a country that uses 220v as the
> standard line voltage.......I have a large supply of 15kv NST with the
> primaries rated at 110v.I plan on bringing some friends a medium size
> TC........would I be able to use 2 -15kv NST and run the primaries in series
> using the 220v line voltage and of course hooking up the secondaries in series
> to the tank circuit of the TC? Any problems here?.........Also their A/C
> voltage is 50hz,but I don't think that will matter except a little different
> tuning from 60hz? I want to take every thing with me and won't have time to
> search for local 220v NST.
> Thanks, Dan
Dan,
Use only identically rated transformers, and connect their primaries in
series and their secondaries in parallel. At 50 Hz they will tend to run
a bit warmer, but you should be OK.
-- Bert --