Re: 7200V pigs (was: Fourteen 1.5kVA "piglets" for sale on eBay)

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Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

S'pose I should add that I'm referring to running AT
7200V.  I'm sure plenty of people have put two or more
7200V pigs in series and done very well!

--- "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I bet you'd do ok with just one of these for a
> small-mid-sized coil.  RSG or air-blast gap is
> definitely in order for 7200V, unless you're running
> only a few hundred watts...maybe even then, too.
> I'd
> be interested to hear how successful folks have been
> with 7200V pigs.  They sure seem to be everywhere!
> I
> often see some real monsters go by on eBay too.  For
> example, there are some 500kVA 7200V pigs on eBay
> right now, too.
>
> Anyway, one of these little piglets would be great
> for
> teslathons.  It could just sit on the back seat of
> the
> car!
>
> --- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Well you could always buy an even number of them
> and
> > pig farm them
> > like nst's with a few as a ballast. You could prob
> > go up to 72kV with
> > 10 of em with the center grounded (+/- 36kv) like
> an
> > nst. Not
> > particularly cheap overall, but better than trying
> > to move a
> > single1000-lb x-ray transformer or a 300-400lb pig
> > vs. 80 lb each
> > (aww they're so cute).
>
>