Continued Problems (fwd)

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Continued Problems (fwd)
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 00:46:08 -0500
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From:  Barton B. Anderson [SMTP:mopar-at-uswest-dot-net]
Sent:  Monday, May 11, 1998 1:38 AM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Continued Problems (fwd)

Malcolm,

Tesla List wrote:

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> From:  Malcolm Watts [SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
> Sent:  Sunday, May 10, 1998 3:29 PM
> To:  Tesla List
> Subject:  Re: Continued Problems (fwd)
>
> Hi Bill (Turbett),
>
> > From:  fxphoto [SMTP:fxphoto-at-centuryinter-dot-net]
> > Sent:  Friday, May 08, 1998 4:09 PM
> > To:  Tesla List
> > Subject:  Re: Continued Problems (fwd)
> >
> <snip>
> > I was trying to ask about Xl and was
> > typing Xc. Restated, I was trying to find out what effect the additional
> > inductance of the current control devices (i.e. welder, variac, chokes etc.)
> > would have on the secondary's inductance. Upon further investigation, it
> > looks like there would be absolutely no affect on the Xl of the secondary
> > since these devices control the current before it reaches the primary.
>
> Wrong. Whatever choke you stick on one side of an ideal transformer
> appears on the other with its value modified by the turns ratio.

Just trying to understand this. I understand the tanks reactance is affected by added
inductance and therefore the resonant frequency changes, etc... , but are you saying
the secondary coil which has it's own reactance, would change due to an inductance
change on the input side of the tank?

Bart