Re: Requiem for a Piglet: I am a murderer

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Ken,

Me thinks that you meant "325 Ohms across the "secondary"" and "0.061 Ohms
across the "primary"...  Of course, "coilers" tend to reverse the meaning
of primary and secondary from what the true pig users mean...   I guess we
all understand the meanings here...

We must keep are heads during this tragedy...

Cheers,

	Terry


At 12:28 AM 9/8/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>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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