Pig current?

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Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>


Hello Coilers,

I'm anticipating the arrival of my pole pig this week and I was wondering
what a recommended power setting would be for starters?  I have a ballast
choke that I can adjust the current on by varying the thickness of shims
between the E and I core sections.  My adjustment range is about 4 to 12
amps as measured by a Amprobe with 240 Volts applied to the ballast.

The coil is a 4 X 22 which is currently yielding multiple four foot long,
thick and nasty streamers when powered by a bank of OBITs and a resonant
25 nF. MMC.  The pig can go as high as 16 KV when pushed with my variac,
although I think I'll be conservative on the first runs and keep it down
around 12 KV for starters until I get the feel for it.

73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
G-1#1214

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