Re: Requiem for a Piglet: I am a murderer

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Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

my polemount transformer measures 325 Ohms across the primary, secondary is
0.061 Ohms across the 240 volt winding. It's a 10kVA 14.4kv unit and has the
standard aluminum coils.

KEN


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Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: Requiem for a Piglet: I am a murderer


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Slow down here....
>
> 1.4 ohms measured with just a hand held meter may be perfectly normal!!
> That little 9V battery is not going to magnetize that big iron core in the
> there worth a darn.  The primary "resistance" is mostly "reactive
> inductance" that your little meter can't see.  200 feet of like 10 gauge
> wire is not going to have much DC resistance!
>
> So don't go draining oil and lifting cores just yet!!
>
> Here is what I would do.  Disconnect the output terminals of Ariel from
> "everything", just two unconnected horns.  Then get a BIG high wattage
> light bulb, space heater or hair dryer and run it in "series" with each of
> the two legs off the center tap.  If it is shorted, the appliances will
run
> fine.  If not, you will only be able to get about 0.25 amps though each of
> the 120VAC legs of the primary windings.  Basically, you need to run about
> 10 amps of 60Hz AC through the thing to get a "good" reading where the
> cores get good magnetization currents.  The fact that the legs all read
the
> same now is a giveaway that it is not shorted.
>
> Is the secondary shorted?  If so, the above test will fail on both legs.
> 1K on a pig's secondary seems pretty normal for pure DC wire loss.  Again,
> the "AC" reactance is the key.  A "little" streamer back flash is nothing
> compared to the lightning strikes these babies are meant to survive.  If
> you got this pig from anyplace with a reputation, they probably pulse
> tested it to levels that make a Tesla coil look trivial.  Pigs just don't
> die...  Gomez killed his after running it a few years "without oil" at
like
> 10kVA...  Streamer strikes just don't have enough energy to do much
> damage...  Murder?  I ain't even sure there is a body yet...  Start
testing
> "everything"...
>
> Of course, something probably "is" broken...  Try running a big high
> wattage heater, or what ever, off Jennifer and check the wiper and her
> contact windings for a "bad spot".  If found, sand and grind the heck out
> of it and go on...  You really need to test each part out well and be
> "sure" that you have a dead part before getting too excited.
>
> My guess is...  "Condenser Products 0.05 ufd caps"...  If you got blown
caps...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
>
>
> At 11:22 PM 9/7/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Brothers,
> >
> >I admit it: I thought I was better than those peasants who insist on
using
> >such a trifles as a strike rail. I thought I was well protected. Tonight
I
> >spent considerable time rearranging the lab for greater spark length. I
paid
> >much attention to safety and grounds and all manner of coiling
imperatives.
> >
> >I wasn't worried about a strike rail because I had my safety gap well in
> >hand, and I thought piggies were indestructible; but this is not the
> >case--for tonight I killed my Ariel.
> >
> >My Ariel. She is my piglet, and I killed her.
> >
> >
> >Oh sure, amidst the tears, as part of the loving post mortem, I measured
her
> >primary resistance.
> >1.4 ohms across all 3 fetching terminals--much of it probably the aloof
> >probe wire. She then begged me for attention to her secondary. About 1 K,
I
> >measured after gaining some control of the racking sobs. We wept
together.
> >She appreciated my sensitivity. Jennifer, my tender Variac, shuddered as
I
> >asked her to attempt defribrilation. Ariel would not allow the death of
> >another.
> >
> >She told me that the data are correct. Even in death, her stoicism.....
Dead
> >short in her primary. Cancer. Probably terminal. I am not worthy of you,
> >Ariel.
> >
> >
> >On the 'Morrow I shall lift her crinolines and violate my love, but with
all
> >the respect  of which I am capable. I will plunge my warm hands into her
> >moistness and perform exploratory surgery. She suggests a siphon to empty
> >her love oils. I told her I will proceed with care, but I fear that I am
not
> >worthy. She told me  she still loves me, and I wept once again.
> >
> >Forgive me Ariel! I will do my best to save you my darling. Should
> >revivification obtain, I will effect the construction of a strike rail of
> >such felicity that we will weep together again in  production of sacred
> >resonant discharge. We've shared that many times--You are my soldier.
> >
> >I will not forsake thee, sweet love.
> >
> >With  humility,
> >Dave Hartwick
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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