RE: Giant DC coil to run in Australia

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Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>It appears that the only thing limiting the charging current is the
>impedance of the transformers and power feed.

As a fan of DC coiling I was pretty interested in the "CAUAC" thing. An
absolutely awesome project and I can't wait to see pictures of the next run.
Anyway I saw the following quote-

"In fact I finally had to stop because my limiters started to smoke; they
were pulling over 100 amps continuous through 8 AWG wire!"

So I assume Syd used three reactors in the three incoming AC lines. If I
remember my power electronics right this does limit the rectifier output
current by introducing "overlap" but it would probably work a hell of a lot
better with a real resonant charging choke. But that charging choke will be
big and heavy (Maybe the $6,800 price included a free truck?)

If you wanted to make your own choke, you could try dismantling a pole pig
and reassembling it with an air gap :^)

Steve C.