Re: 3600watts 6in Tc first light

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Nolan,


You wrote:


> Yea i came by your web page a few days ago but forgot to boolmark 
> it. Nice setup though. hey I got one of those 45amp variacs you have 
> off of eBay. those are some crazy streamers, how long of strikes 
> were you getting? and at what power level?
> Peace,
> Nolan Moore

Well, actually, the variacs are each rated at 28 amps, so when the
2 are paralleled, that comes up to a 56 amp total. As far as streamer
length and power levels go, I was so busy trying to get pictures that
night that I didn't think to look at the panel meters to figure the po-
wer draw. I didn't actually document the longest spark length by 
measuring linear point/point spark paths but the top of the toroid
is nearly 8 ft. high (actually 93" to 94") since I can barely store 
the coil with the toroid in place inside of my garage with its standard
8 ft ceilings. So, just from observing my pics, I believe that I can safe-
ly say that the coil is throwing ground striking power arcs in excess
of 10 ft.
My power supply and ballasting is (2) paralleled 28 amp, 240/0-280
volt 1256D Powerstat variacs and the ballasting is provided by the
transformer/inductor removed from a Lincoln 225 amp arc welder.
The 240 volt input leads to the arc welder are seriesed with the 0-280
volt input to the pig and the 225 amp and 200 amp output leads are 
shorted together. I turned the variacs nearly all the way up to around
90 to 95 on the 0-100 dial when I shot the pics.
David Rieben