Simple Ballast for 3kVA Pole Mount Distribution Transformer

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



I have a small 3kVA polemount distribution transformer and was wondering if
i could use just a big spool of 12 AWG for a simple ballast for this a coil
run with this thing.  I know at a recent tesla event Terry Blake was using
something similar with a similarly sized potential transformer with success,
although i'm not sure if he had a metal rod inserted as a core - although i
guess doing so would probably heat up that rod enough to cook the spool of
wire.

What are your thoughts.

"Captain Corona"
Formerly Daniel McCauley

Dan