Re: ballast connected in parallel?

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Original poster: "harvey norris by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <harvich-at-yahoo-dot-com>


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Laurence Davis by way of Terry
> Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <meknar-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> basic question...
> current limited ballast connected in parallel on
> primary of HV xfmr?
> as connecting in series will produce a voltage drop.
> 
> larry.
If this ballasting element were the proper size
capacity, that sounds like the same thing as a power
factor correction, which would increase the impedance
that the source sees. Doesnt sound like a bad idea...

Sincerely HDN