Re: bargain or dead bird? (fwd)

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: bargain or dead bird? (fwd)
From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:39:52 -0700 (MST)
Approved: mod1-at-pupman-dot-com



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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 98 20:44:21 -0500
From: Adam <absmith-at-tiac-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: bargain or dead bird? (fwd)

 
>>  Parallel is the only sensible way to connect them.  The insulation is not 
>>  designed to survive a continuous two-times overvoltage condition.
>>  
>Why can't you connect the primaries of two coils in parallel, then 
>secondaries
>in series to get 16kv difference, but only 8kv off ground??? As long as you
>keep the cap and primary isolated from ground neither transformer should see
>more than 8kv at a time (one sees +8kv while the other sees -8kv but neither
>sees more than 8kv difference from ground) unless of course I am all screwed
>up!!!  I am sure someone will tell me.

Are these standard center-tapped secondary NSTs, or single-bushing units 
with one _end_ of the secondary grounded to the case?

-Adam  

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