Re: Pressurized / gas-filled secondary? And an OBIT question.

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Original poster: "Josh Adams" <knewter@xxxxxxxxx>

yeah, I was incorrect about the transformer.  Once I started thinking 
about it I knew I was wrong and called up the guy I got it 
from.  18kV, ~300mA.  AND we're going next week to pick up one that 
runs just under 15kV, 1.5A .

I don't even know where to start with that one.  Geez.  Anyway, 
thanks for the response...I'll try to remember to take pictures of 
the xfmr I already have and post them...and of course if I get the 
400 pound beast I'll post some pictures.

On 11/30/06, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Original poster: "Jim Mora" <<mailto:jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Josh,

An obit has less power than you first coil. Try to find a 15KV 60MA neon
somewhere and build a Terry filter!

Jim Mora

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Subject: Pressurized / gas-filled secondary? And an OBIT question.

Original poster: "Josh Adams" <<mailto:knewter@xxxxxxxxx>knewter@xxxxxxxxx>

I'm building my second TC ever right now (first one was 5 years ago
my senior year of high school - used a 15kV 30mA NST and got around
27").  I'm wanting to make this one significantly more
impressive.  In my reading, I came across this:

< http://www.pupman.com/current/rstephens/mtc-a1.html>http://www.pupman.com/c
urrent/rstephens/mtc-a1.html

Robert filled his secondary with a dielectric insulating gas up to
+1.5PSI.  I'm assuming this was to avoid sparks through the interior
of the secondary?  Also, what's the importance of the pressure?

I'm not building anything extremely impressive.  I've just got an
18kV OBIT that doesn't have an amperage or kVA rating anywhere on it,
but I'm assuming it'll be ~25mA.

As a second question, how should I test the amperage on my
OBIT?  I've still not run this thing since acquiring it five years
ago...runs on 220.

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