Re: Saturable Reactor Repost??

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Original poster: "R.E.Burnett" <R.E.Burnett-at-newcastle.ac.uk> 


Hi Guys,

I did try a home made saturable reactor last year with poor results.  It
worked nicely controlling the power into a resistive load (3x 1kW halogen
lamps,)  but thumped and surged when faced with charging a tank capacitor
in TC service.

I think excessive waveform distortion caused the problems in my case,  but
if you have a professional unit then why not give it a try.

						Cheers,

						-Richie,
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Metlicka Marc" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net> 
> 
> trent,
> while i have no idea how these will work out, i too, have two of these
> type units, maybe not the exact same unit, but the same function so i
> was trying to follow any replies to your question.
> i posted a question about these to the list back in april (i think) and
> also received no replies so i'll keep my fingers crossed for a good
> batch of responses. the best i could find out about mine was that one
> should limit to 45 amp and the other 65 amp, but this was a semi
> educated guess. if anyone would like some measurements or anything, i
> could try to get them also.
> marc
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