Re: bad pole xmfrs

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

I too have a 200 amp service, but I doubt I use very
much of it. There are four houses on my 25 kVA
groundhog. Try adding up all of your loads. Don't
simply add the breaker ratings, but read your stove,
washer/dryer, dishwasher, etc. I suspect you'll end up
with a small fraction of 200. The worst time for the
power company is the summer, so don't add any heaters
besides your water heater.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Hydrogen18"
 > <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >
 > On pig over loading, heres something to keep in
 > mind, the 37.5 KVA pig I am
 > feed of off serves 4 houses. 200 amp service to each
 > houses equals 192 KVA.
 > Is it just me, or does that seem a little weird?
 >
 > ---Eric
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:44 PM
 > Subject: Re: bad pole xmfrs
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: Yurtle Turtle
 > <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > We actually had to "rescue" the poor thing with a
 >  > chainsaw and a handtruck. You might remember me
 > asking
 >  > the list for ideas on how to lower it from the
 > pole.
 >  > We finally just cut it down. After rolling it
 >  > cross-country, we pulled it into the truck with
 > only 2
 >  > 2x12's and the handtruck. The guy really earned
 > his
 >  > pentium 200!
 >  >
 >  > Actually, unloading it was a breeze! I simply
 > slid it
 >  > down the 2x12's without the handtruck. The only
 > hard
 >  > part was keeping the weight evenly distributed on
 > the
 >  > two 2x12's.
 >  >
 >  > I have no idea what it weighs, but since it has
 >  > aluminum windings, that may reduce it a pound or
 > two.
 >  >
 >  > The picture you probably saw with "25" was after
 > I
 >  > repainted it and used Home Depot stickers. Here's
 > the
 >  > "before" picture. I like the "25+":
 >  >
 >  >
 >
http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/garage/pig_14.4kV_25kVA_1.jpg
 >  >
 >  > Adam
 >  >
 >  > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  >  > Original poster: DRIEBEN-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Hi Adam, all,
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Nice find! I recall seeing pics of this pig on
 > your
 >  >  > webpage and it
 >  >  > was clearly marked "25" on the front. I'll bet
 > it
 >  >  > was a real challenge
 >  >  > for two people to load a 25 kVA pig (which I
 > suppose
 >  >  > would have to
 >  >  > weigh in at 400 to 450 lbs minimum) into the
 > back of
 >  >  > a pickup, un-
 >  >  > less you had access to an overhead hoist or a
 > fork
 >  >  > lift to assist
 >  >  > in your lifting efforts. And UNLOADING it
 > would be
 >  >  > an even bigger
 >  >  > challenge w/out mechanical assitance :^O.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I'd have to agree with you 100% on the pig vs
 > NST
 >  >  > farm issue. Even
 >  >  > with a huge NST farm that supposedly adds up
 > to the
 >  >  > same kVA rating
 >  >  > as a single pig, the pig powered coil always
 > seems
 >  >  > to outperform the
 >  >  > NST driven coil, espcially in the catagory of
 >  >  > streamer brightness!
 >  >  > And a pole pig dosen't even "break a sweat"
 > running
 >  >  > a coil at or even
 >  >  > significantly above its nameplate rating. It
 > seems
 >  >  > like I was told
 >  >  > that the utility power companies don't even
 > consider
 >  >  > upgrading a
 >  >  > pole transformer to a larger unit unless the
 > demand
 >  >  > on it consistant-
 >  >  > ly exceeds its rating by a factor of 80% (18
 > kVA
 >  >  > draw from a 10 kVA
 >  >  > pig). Someone correct me on that if I'm wrong
 > on
 >  >  > that, but I do know
 >  >  > that a pig can be ran at 2 or even 3 times its
 >  >  > nameplate kVA rating
 >  >  > running a Tesla coil for short runs (<5
 > minutes -
 >  >  > not too many of
 >  >  > us are gonna run a coil for longer time
 > intervals
 >  >  > than that, anyway).
 >  >  >
 >  >  > David Rieben
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  >