Re: power output??

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• Subject: Re: power output??
• From: bhelms-at-dialpoint-dot-net (Brian Helms) (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 20:26:29 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

I should also add that I am using two MOT's in parallel to ballast the
transformers.

Brian Helms(KD4RLD)

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Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 1:57 PM
Subject: power output??


>Original Poster: bhelms-at-dialpoint-dot-net (Brian Helms)
>
>
>I have two 1.5 kw 70:1 transformers running off of 120 and pulling about 30
>amps.  I use saltwater capacitors and a static gap with about 15 or so
>breaks with 1" diameter pipe.  My secondary has 800 turns around a 3" piece
>of pvc and stands about 2.5 ft tall.  The primary is a flat pancake type
>with about 10 to 12 turns.  I am getting controlled arcs at 15" and 20 to
>24"  streamers.  All of the coils that I have seen on the internet running
>this kind of power have twice or more the legnth of the arcs that I am
>getting.  What is possibly causing it to lose power?  Is it the gap?  Could
>the two transformers be putting too much of an inductive load on the mains
>making the pf go down?  Need help from experienced coiler.
>
>Thanks,
>Brian Helms(KD4RLD)
>
>

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