Re: nobody knows whos maggie at fla teslathon?

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Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 10/1/03 10:29:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Gerry,

If you're using a robust transformer such as a pole pig or PT,
you can run nearer to the resonant mode, but still somewhat LTR,
and get smooth operation with a pretty good power factor using
an SRSG.  My power factor was about 90% in the tests I did.

John

>Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>I think the P in the equation is the true power from the line (ie VA * PF).
>Seems like this result is good.  Working backwards,  16 feet would
>correspond to a Power of 12.7 KWatts.  With a 18 KVA input that would imply
>a power factor of .7   I don't yet know what is possible with a SRSG, but I
>believe the best PF one can get with a static gap is something around 0.5
>without allowing resonant rise to overvolt the transformer (per Richie
>Burnett).
>
>Others please comment.  This is an area I want to learn more about.
>
>Gerry R