Re: Nst ?'s

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

NST's can be seriesed if they are the right kind. An
NST with two HV output bushings and a midpoint
grounded secondary cannot be wired in series. On the
other hand, NST's with a single HV output bushing and
a grounded case or core can be wired in series for
more voltage, as long as you don't try to series more
than two of them.

Actually, there's nothing wrong with running a Tesla
coil on 7.5kvac. I'm not sure why you would want
higher voltage.

Cheers,

Greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Nolan Moore by way of Terry Fritz
 > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <moonol05-at-email.pct.edu>
 >
 > Hi again,
 >
 >      I was wondering if I were to take two depoted
 > 7.5kv -at- 60ma nst
 > francformers and wired them in series to obtain 15kv
 > -at- 60ma. Then I
 > constructed a box out of plexi glass to house the
 > two nst and then submerse
 > then in HV oil to suppress internal arcing.  Would
 > it be a good idea to
 > remove all but eight shunts from each packet like
 > Ross Overstreet did to his
 > 12/60 transformer, on he web page it says that his
 > primary windings would
 > get up to 100C and it was hot enough to sizzle spit.
 >  Well what I am getting
 > at is it good to have them run that hot?  When
 > depotting the transformer I
 > hade to crank the oven temp hotter then that to melt
 > the tar.  Also were is
 > a good place to get some power factor correction
 > caps? I will be needing
 > about 280uF worth to keep the current draw at an
 > expectable rating. Now do
 > the capacitors connect in parallel across the
 > primary of the nst right?
 > Thanks For all your help!
 >
 > Sincerely,
 > Nolan Moore
 >
 >


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Gregory R. Hunter

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