Re: Adjusting NST

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Adjusting NST
From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 05:27:25 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Hi Chris,
            Running a NST with 300V on the primary will not be a low 
current proposition at all. Magnetizing current will be much higher 
than running it from 120V. In fact, the core will probably saturate 
and pop the transformer you are using to run it.

Malcolm

> Original Poster: AuroraOne-at-webtv-dot-net 
> 
> Hi everyone.  Just wondering, would it be possible to power an NST with
> another, smaller transformer, rather than simply plugging in into the
> wall?  I am asking this because I am working on a project where I need a
> high voltage power supply that delivers it at standard alternating
> current at 60-cycle  frequency, so hence a simple step-up transformer
> like an NST suits this purpose.  However, I have some problems with the
> high current output of an NST.  I need an output of very high voltage,
> at low current, at 60 hz.  So here's what I intend to do:  Can somone
> read this and let me know if this is possible with an NST?  

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