Re: PFC's instead of shunts?

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

Tim,

Absolutely not! You need to insert a current limiting element of some
type in series with the LV side of the PT. For best efficiency, the
series element (ballast) is usually a low value, high current inductor.
You can then add a PFC across the combination of the inductor and PT to
help counteract the inductive phase shift introduced by the inductive
ballast. 

Best regards,

-- Bert --
-- 
Bert Hickman
Stoneridge Engineering
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http://www.teslamania-dot-com

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Tim J by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<digital_raven45-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> I have a mid-sized 3 kVA 20 kV PT in my garage, and I was wondering if you
> run PFC's in place of shunts on the primary side? Is it possiable? Has
> anyone tried this before?
> 
> PFC's aren't something I use a lot of :(
> 
>