Re: what is a pig

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: what is a pig
From: Paul Anderson <paul-at-geeky1.ebtech-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 07:40:22 -0600
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Tesla List wrote:

> 
> what is a pig?
>

It's a rather small animal, normally stands about two feet tall,
quadraped.  Certain varieties are known to get to a weight over 200
pounds.  Most frequently kept as livestock and used for it's meat
production.

A pole pig, however, is a power line transformer.  Steps the 14.4kv line
voltage down to 220v.  Used quite frequently to power tesla coils, upping
220v to 14.4kv.  TTYL!

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