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Re: bad pole xmfrs
Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
Just get a roll of something junky and high resistance like roll of rebar
wire for $2.00. All you need in 1.2 Ohms.
KEN
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Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: bad pole xmfrs
> Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
>
> Maybe I should go out and buy lots of heater elements(199 amps worth) and
> see if I can do any damage. I could just drop them in the pool for
cooling.
>
> ---Eric
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> Subject: Re: bad pole xmfrs
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> > Original poster: DRIEBEN-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com
> >
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > Yes, most average sized homes have 200 amp electrical service but
> > how often is a house actually drawing 200 amps at one time?
> > If you look inside your load center breaker (or fuse) box,
> > the sum total amperage of all of your circuits may very well
> > exceed the 200 amp rating of the main breaker switch as well.
> > It would be very unlikely that every electrical customer would
> > be pulling the maximum load at any particular given time and
> > that's how the utility company can get by with using a trans-
> > former whose kVA rating dosen't seem to add up to the demand.
> > And, as I was stating in a previous post on this subject, pole
> > pigs can easily handle reasonable temporary overloads of their
> > nameplate rating.
> >
> > David Rieben
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Date: Saturday, April 10, 2004 6:38 pm
> > Subject: Re: bad pole xmfrs
> >
> > > 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 -----
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