Re: Pole Pig Construction

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Original poster: "Daniel McCauley by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


Why not look into using MOTs (microwave oven transformers).  They're dirt
cheap, readily available (even if purchased new), and would be MUCH easier
than actually winding and building your own pig.  Thats what i'm going to
do.
Dan


> I've been after a pig well over a year now. it seems no one in the area of
> maryland is willing to cooperate with me unless i have $1000 to blow or am
> a business. i was searching around the web and came across 2 websites
> (which i dont have the urls for) where people have made their own.
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> I am quite interested in building my own if my search does not yeild
> results int he new few days. however, this type of transformer design is
> not all clear to me and the two wesites constructed the pigs differently.
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> would anyone care to help me figure out how to design a pig? perhaps about
> 5kva?
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> -matt
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