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Re: Pole Piglets (what are they good for?)



Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

If you're interested in running a street light out in the middle of
nowhere..
If you're interested in running a train signal
If you're interested in running some sort of remote control switch (like a
recloser or sectionalizer).
If you're interested in running some sort of remote data collection terminal
or radio relay station.
Anything where you want to minimize the losses incurred by using a bigger
transformer than you need.

If you were installing electricity to a farm in the early REA days, where
all you wanted to do was run some lights, maybe a 1 kVA or 3 kVA transformer
might have been enough.  My great uncle's farm in North Dakota didn't have a
huge amount of power draw.. (when they converted from a wind generator to
power lines, I'll bet there wasn't a huge demand.. Certainly no electric
dryer or microwave)


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Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 12:18 PM
Subject: Pole Piglets (what are they good for?)


> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Dear List,
>
> I was browsing the inventory list on the T&R Electric
> site
>
> http://www.t-r-dot-com/Search/index.cfm
>
> and found listings for 3KVA and even 1KVA polemount
> transformers. Their application for coiling purposes
> is obvious enough--IF you can convince T&R to sell you
> one and IF you can afford one. But of what earthly use
> are they in an industrial/commercial application? Who
> is buying these baby pole transformers, and what are
> they good for?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
>
>
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