RE: pairing obits

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi Colin,

"OBIT" is an acronym for "oil burner ignition
transformer". These are used to light oil burning
household furnaces. Typical output is 10kvac at 23ma.
They are self-limiting and can be run short-circuited
indefinitely without harm. They are often cheap or
free as salvage from HVAC dealers.

The mailing list has many such oddball acronyms,
abbreviations, shortcuts, and technical lingo. See my
on-line Tesla list glossary for decryption of these
arcane terms.

Best Regards

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "McQuay, Michael by way of Terry
> Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Michael.McQuay-at-wcg-dot-com>
> 
>  
> 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'?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: Tesla list
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> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> 
> Sent: 2/6/2002 8:46 AM
> 
> Subject: pairing obits
> 
> 
> 
> Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz
> 
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>
> 
> 
> 
> hi all 
> 
>         iv got some obits and want to hook three in
> parallel how do i do
> 
> it if
> 
> i link all the earths then the one in the middle is
> a prob iv run two in
> 
> series
> 
> with the earth centre tapped in effect an nst . the
> ratings are 7.5kv x2
> 
> 30ma
> 
> so would this make it 15kv 60ma or 15kv 30ma if i
> dont get much joy with
> 
> these
> 
> my mots are coming out with an inductive ballast 
> 
>  
> 
> cheers
> 
> colin heath
>