Re: MOT success

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Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Nah My house service will take it well. Remember my dad is an electrician
with the huge shop :)

17kVA still pretty powerful isnt it? What does an average pig do?


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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: MOT success


 > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi Aaron,
 >
 > At 09:09 AM 1/30/2004, you wrote:
 > >Heck ya. I'll try and get some pics of the amprobe, and see what the
voltage
 > >is. One leg carries about 90A and the other about 50A.
 >
 > The power would be 120 x 90 + 120 x 50 = 16800 kVA in that case.  Shorted
 > mots do about 30 amps typically, so I am a little surprised at the 90 amp
side.
 >
 >
 > >Most houses are only on a 100A service. :-D
 >
 > You may watch if the lights dim a lot.  It they don't the service is
pretty
 > strong with little resistance.  If the lights do dim considerably, be
 > careful since something may blow.
 >
 >
 > >If you add circuits, do it right and get the correct rated wire. How big
do
 > >you plan to add?
 > >
 > >Anyone want to sell me a variac cheap? :-D
 >
 > I got one for free the other day.  Relative cleaning out garage...  But i
 > don't have anything big enough for what you need.
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry
 >
 >
 >