Re: Bad Pig?

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

I thought you had said that you could hook up the pig
with 240 across the LV side, with no HV load, and it
didn't trip your puny breaker. If so, I wouldn't pitch
it quite yet. See if you have a 50 amp circuit in your
house, such as a stove or dryer outlet. If you have an
electric stove or dryer, that could serve as a
resistive ballast. The stove's probably better, since
there's no motor involved. Set up your pig in series
with the stove. Set up your JL with the wires VERY
close at the bottom. Somewhere around 1/4". Then turn
on one stove burner. Crank up all burners and fire the
oven for max current. Nothing bad should happen, even
if the pig were dead shorted, since the stove's used
to running across 240 with no pig in line.

Let us know what happens.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> By now I'm sure the group is sick of my trials and
> tribulations trying to run my pig.  But as of
> tonight
> I'm pretty sure the pig is dead (or at least
> terminal).
>
> Tonight I took a variac and drove voltage into the
> low
> voltage side and read output at the HV bushings.  I
> also monitored the input current with a clip on
> meter.
>   See below for data:
>
> Vin    Vout   I
> 3.1V   163V   6A
> 6.7V   340V   15A
> 9.1V   474V   19A
>
> Bottom line, with no load on the HV bushings the pig
> draws approximately 20A with only 10V applied.  That
> ain't right, is it?
>
> The pig is rated 10KVA, 18200V, 240/120V.  With 240
> input that would represent a turn ratio of 75:1.
> The
> data above is approximately 50:1.  Not sure what
> that
> means but it doesn't seem right...
>
> I'm ready to pich the pig and start a search to find
> a
> new one.  Please advise if I've come to the wrong
> conclusion.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Curt.
>
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