Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Are you talking apout putting 1kv in the input of an NST? That would be like
40kv output and as you know, you had better have a fire extinguisher on hand
and a new nst too.
Why would you waant to do that anyway?
I can't imagine that the insulation can handle much more than 300 or 500
volts. If you want to do that kind of thing, I suggest winding your own
transformer with te right kind of wire orf just finding one tat can handle
it.
Happy experimenting, and god luck. :)
Steven Steele
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 2:19 PM
Subject: NST Pulse Voltage
> Original poster: "Chris Rutherford" <chris1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi List,
>
> Has anyone ever researched insulation breakdown during short > bursts
> of higher voltage AC? Although my NSTs are rated at 250Vin > 10KVout,
> what would be the maximum voltage that it could withstand for > between
> one and ten seconds at a time? i.e. 1KVin for 2 seconds. What > are
> the insulation break down characteristics? I would like to
> experiment but its not a test to be taken lightly.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris R
>
>
>