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Re: pole pig ideas
Tristan,
There is no doubt in my mind that you pig won't even ge warm a 20 KVA.
All of the oil would have to ge hot first. This would take an enormous
amout of energy.
No problems at 200%
paul m
>Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 23:40:47 -0700
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: pole pig ideas
>From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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>Original Poster: "Mad Coiler" <tesla_coiler-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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>Hello Tesla Listers,
>
>In the past month or two I have asked some questions about my design
for
>my first pole-pig powered coil. I thank everyone who sent me comments.
>One of the re-occuring comments was that a 40kV cap was insufficient
for
>a 19,920V pole pig. If I wanted to use this 40kV cap without a major
>change, would it be possible to apply 120VAC to the LV windings of the
>pig instead of 240VAC? If this works it should reduce the output to
>10kV. But assuming the 10kVA rating is because of the wire size(?) it
>should still only be able to pass 42A, so the max power would be cut in
>half to 5kVA??? If this is the case, does anyone now if a pole pig can
>be overpower (I assume it can), and if so how much and for how long? I
>would think it could be run at 200% for runs of <1min, with cool down
>time inbetween. Is this correct?
>
>Tristan Stewart, KC2EBM
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