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Re: Are those dumb questions?
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From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Sunday, December 12, 1999 8:34 PM
Subject: Are those dumb questions?
>Original Poster: "***Samuel Rosset***" <samr-at-bluewin.ch>
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>I want to limit the power of the TC at 1.8KV, which means 8 amps drawn on
the
>house sector. How can I achieve that on a non-current limited transformer.
(a
>resistor of 27.5 ohm??? but at 8 amps, that means that the 1.8KW are wasted
>here and nothing for the coil... Where is the mistake?)
>
>You might think that those are dumb question, but You would really help me
if
>you could answer some of these questions, because it would help me to
really
>understand how a TC works. And I already thank all of you who will bring
the
>light to my brain... Thank you very much
>
>Samuel
>
>
I would suggest you look here. It is the clearest explination I have seen.
http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/r.e.burnett/ballast.html#ballasting
While you are there, check out all the other cool pages as well!