Biggg power & the Elecric company meet :{

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Original poster: "Kevin Eldredge by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kreld-at-flash-dot-net>

All

   The Biggg Coil was running 49 kVA last weekend after a hot, hot 
day.  Several people were over to watch, then after one minute all power 
went out, shop, house & security light.  The security light is before the 
service entry wattmeter, oh-no.  The primary fuse for our service drop 
blew, no breakers blew anywhere.   Wife very aggitated as Monk was on TV at 
the time.  I pushed the Coil into its hanger & called the Electric company, 
then waited for the worst.  They came out & replaced the fuse, and were 
confused no breakers blew.  All power back on & all Ok. The lineman thinks 
it was the combunation of heat & high electric loads, (airconditioner-ha 
ha, it was the Coil)  Scared to run the Coil anymore for fear of blowing 
the fuse again, I went to the Electric Co-op & told my story to the service 
rep.  He said "what on earth do you have that requires 50 kW?" I explained 
& showed a picture of the Tesla Coil.  I listened to his response with 
suprise,  "It must have been too small a fuse, well get a bigger one on 
it".  He was very understanding, or liked Tesla Coils.  Later that day he 
called me and told me if the fuse blows again he will send a crew out & 
replace our 25 kVA distribution transformer with a 50 kVA unit. :)  :)  It 
was like a dream.  He says the transformer should be able to supply 100% 
more than its rating for 10 minutes (it was a hot day).  The next size 
service entrance was a 400 amp service with current transformer metering 
and would be very expensive on my part, so I should see if his idea works 
first.  Is he a nice guy or what?

Coiling in Oklahoma.
Kevin E.