Re: PLEASE......need advice, help with power supply

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

Tomas,

Well, that would just depend on how large of a coil
that you are wanting to build. If this is your first try
at building a Tesla coil, I would suggest building one
with your 4.5 kV NST, as a "shocking" mistake
would be painful, but not likely fatal. If you series
the (2)  5 kV, 5 kW transformers, that will give you
a 10 kV, 10 kW supply, or 10,000 volts at 1 amp.
You could drive a monster sized coil with this much
power, but a shock from this would likely be fatal
indeed! Most coilers go through the learning process
by building a smaller, lower powered coil on their
first try and then go on to building larger, more power-
ful systems once they've gained experience and finesse
in safely handling very dangerous high voltages.

David



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Subject: Re: PLEASE......need advice, help with power supply


> Original poster: Tomas Stankevic <Tomas.Stankevic@xxxxxxxx>
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> Yes, I have 4.5kV NST (I will check the power). And also I can have
> two 5kV 5kW transformers. Can I connect them in series to get 10kV?
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> Secondary coil is 2m x 30cm. Primary 20 windings 1.2cm copper tubing.
> Primary capacitor: I have a lot of high voltage capacitors so I can
> make any between 10 and 200 nF, according to transformer's power
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> So is it better to connect two 5kV in series or to use the 4.5kV NST
somehow?
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> Thank you for advices, Tomas
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> Tesla list wrote:
> >Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx
> >In a message dated 3/27/07 1:24:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
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> > >I have only 12kW, 4.5 kV NST transformer and some MOTs. I also can
> > >get some small 100W NSTs, but I need at least 5kW power.
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> >     Is that correct? You have a 12kW NST already??
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> >     I imagine 4 or 6 of your MOT's would get you pretty close to 5kW.
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> >-Phil LaBudde
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