RE: Lots of questions

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Original poster: "Paul Marshall" <klugmann-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

Newell,
    Where do you live. I have a few Pigs I'd like to get rid of. Ballasting 
is not a problem. Just put several MOT in series and short the secondary HV 
leads. They work great.





Paul S. Marshall





>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Lots of questions
>Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:00:32 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Newell Jensen" <pillar2012-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>Hello all,
>
>I am new to this process so I am trying to figure this all out, so please 
>bear with me if these questions seem off course.
>
>I have been contemplating in my head what I would need to do if I did 
>indeed in the future buy a pole pig.  One question is why don't people buy 
>pad transformers that have the same voltage ratings as a pole pig?  Also I 
>know that some pole pigs can be bought with taps and I am wondering if 
>this is going to be benefical in the end.  The one that I saw allowed the 
>pole pig to adjust to a level of + or - of 2% of it standard voltage.  The 
>pole pig that I am refering to by the way is a 10 KVA 14.4 KV single phase 
>pole mount transformer.  Also when somebody finally gets one of these I 
>have read that they are going to have to ballast it with something like an 
>arc welder to limit the current.  If this is right, how does one go about 
>doing that and what are the specifics involved with the voltage and so forth?
>Also a variac has been mentioned and how would this be included to the 
>whole situation?  Does all of this together equal the "power module" that 
>has been mentioned as well?  Also if in the future if I was to finally get 
>one of these what size should I make my coil, or would it matter since I 
>have the control module and can therefore adjust the power being supplied 
>to the coil?  I have been thinking of also of constructing a HV cap like 
>the MMC that I have seen on the web.  I have heard that they are the best.
>I also hear people always addressing how much the diameter of there 
>secondary coil is and not the height of it.  Is there a certain height to 
>what the secondary should be and also what about the size of the primary?
>I know there are a lot of questions here and any help would be greatly 
>appreciated.  Thanks
>
>Newell