Re: Ballasting OBITs

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Original poster: "Tom Stathes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <newphreak_16-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I just fired my bank of 6 obits just the way they are
even when no sparkgaps fired, they helled up fine. 
Just "pulse" them when u tune, quick 1/2 - 1 sec
bursts and i dont think u will have a problem.
--Tom


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Hans Scholze by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <hanscs-at-eagle.ptialaska-dot-net>
> 
> I have read many times that it is good to start at
> low power levels when
> first firing a new coil, but I don't have a variac. 
> I am using two OBITs in
> parallel, and I was thinking that I would just make
> a couple of ballasts for
> 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 power.  Is this necessary, or
> would just half-power be
> sufficient?  On my previous coil the only power
> control was seperation of
> plug and outlet, but I don't want to destroy my new
> one as I have put much
> more time and money into it.  I have a few OBITs
> with bad secondaries and I
> thought that if I put one of these in series with
> each good one, the power
> would be half.  Is this correct, or do the
> secondaries need to be shorted
> for a reasonable ammount of current to flow?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Hans
> 
> 
> 


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