Re: What is this???

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>

It's an antique!!!   Maybe the smithsonian would be interested in it.  If
you plug it in, be sure to have a fire extingisher handy.


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Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:34 PM
Subject: What is this???


 > Original poster: "Paul Kidwell by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tmb-at-ieee-dot-org>
 >
 > Hi Everybody,
 >
 > I posted this to the HV list, but seeing that it's looking like a ballast
 > and as
 > such will probably wind up being used on a coil I thought I'd re-post here
so a
 > wider audience would see it....
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > Anybody know what this is?
 >
 > http://www.cpriii-dot-com/gg/victor/
 >
 > The last shot shows the connections... the bottom left is the two AC
 > connections. Above them are three connections labeled L1, L2, & L3. They
appear
 > to be taps of some sort. The incoming black AC wire is on the right AC
 > terminal,
 > and has a wire running up to L3. To the right are two rows of four
connections
 > labeled 1 thru 8. Connection 4 and 8 are tied together, and what looks to
 > be the
 > remains of the output wiring is coming off 6 and 7.
 >
 > I originally thought that it was a high voltage transformer, but now I'm
 > leaning
 > towards ballast...
 >
 > Anybody know how to use it?
 > -----------------------------------------
 >
 > On further investigation, there are what appear to be 2 white wires coming
off
 > terminal 7, a black wire coming off terminal 6, and a second black wire
coming
 > off terminal 8.
 >
 > I'll be taking an ohm meter to it tomorrow and trying a variac on the
inputs
 > after that.
 >
 > Paul
 > G-5 #3
 >
 >