Re: pairing obits

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

oil burner ignition transformer

cheers
colin heath

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Subject: RE: pairing obits


> Original poster: "McQuay, Michael by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Michael.McQuay-at-wcg-dot-com>
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> I'm just getting back into coiling after a several year hiatus.
> I've been reading the mail list for a couple of days, and I'm curious.
What
> is an 'obit'?
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> It's obviously a High voltage transformer of some sort with only one HV
> terminal.
> I believe I even ran across a picture of some on the web.
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> What were "obits" originally used for before their life as a tesla coil
> exciter and where did the name "obit" come from?  Is it short for
something?
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> Sent: 2/6/2002 8:46 AM
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> Subject: pairing obits
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> Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz
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> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>
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> hi all
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>         iv got some obits and want to hook three in parallel how do i do
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> it if
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> i link all the earths then the one in the middle is a prob iv run two in
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> series
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> with the earth centre tapped in effect an nst . the ratings are 7.5kv x2
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> 30ma
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> so would this make it 15kv 60ma or 15kv 30ma if i dont get much joy with
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> these
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> my mots are coming out with an inductive ballast
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> cheers
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> colin heath
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