RE: Complying with Australian regulations

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Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au> 

Glad to hear you passed, but what a ludicrous piece of legislation!

Perhaps I won't put up a web site about my coil after all, as I don't have
two arc welders.

Tom L.

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Sunday, 23 November 2003 06:36
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Complying with Australian regulations
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren-at-iinet-dot-net.au>
 >
 > Had a visit from the electrical inspector from the Dept of
 > Energy Safety
 > here in Western Australia.
 >
 > This occurred as some kid showed my website to his Dad (from
 > the Dept).
 >
 > Basically I passed!
 >
 > Here's how. In WA you are allowed to wire a plug and no more
 > unless you are
 > an electrician.  However, the Dept is only concerned up to
 > the point when
 > the mains is dropped down to 50VAC (or 110VDC). Everything
 > after that is OK
 > even if you step it up to 240V it seems or in my case up to 500kV.
 >
 > So for the inspection I connected one arc welder to step down
 > 240 to 50V
 > 120A then another to step them up again to 240V to run my 4
 > MOT supply for
 > the Tesla coil.  (Home arc welders output 48 - 50 V to be
 > legal).  Actually
 > with losses and a slight voltage difference between the
 > welders I get about
 > 210VAC out.
 >
 > Presumably this can supply other home made 240 V mains equipment.
 >
 > I also had to satisfy him that I knew about safety and wasn't
 > making an
 > income from it or doing public displays.
 > I aslo demonstrated Ignition coil supplies and flyback
 > transformers all
 > running off low voltage as well as a van der Graaff
 > generator. No problem.
 >
 > I didn't demo my other HV supplies or NST supplies but
 > presumably OK if
 > passing through 50V.
 > The OK still has to be confirmed from Perth headquarters.
 >
 > Hope this helps other people in Australia.  ? anything
 > similar in the US/UK.
 >
 > Peter (Tesla Downunder)
 > <http://members.iinet-dot-net.au/~pterren>http://members.iinet-dot-net
.au/~pterren