Re: Picture from the Cambridge Teslathon (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:01:34 +0000
From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Picture from the Cambridge Teslathon (fwd)

Hi James, Derek, Bert, all,

It's kind of strange, the use of the word "pylon" in the
electrical power distribution industry. True, the term
pylon refers to an inverted pyramid shape (high volt-
age transmission line towers, road construction traffic
cones, ect.), yet wikipedia list the common pole mount
distribution transformer - aka pole pig, under "pylon
transformer".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylon_transformer
Being American, I had just assumed that this was a
British or at least European terminology for it. Is
my assumption correct.


David Rieben

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> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:40:49 +0000 
> From: James Howells 
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> Subject: Re: Picture from the Cambridge Teslathon (fwd) 
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> > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:42:03 -0600 
> > From: Bert Pool 
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> > Subject: Re: Picture from the Cambridge Teslathon (fwd) 
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> > Derek, what was the "model pilon" on the toy truck? It's not something 
> > I've seen or heard of before. 
> > Bert 
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> >> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:54:05 -0000 
> >> From: Derek Woodroffe 
> >> To: 'Tesla list' 
> >> Subject: Picture from the Cambridge Teslathon 
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> >> All, 
> >> Pictures from the UK Cambridge Teslathon are at 
> >> http://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/ct2007 
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> >> Thanks to Bob Golding for organising another great event. 
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> >> Cheers 
> >> Derek 
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> The Model Truck was Mine ..... James Howells , Burntwood Staffordshire UK 
> ( I did not do the Caption) 
> It is not supposed to be a PYLON ( The Eiffel tower like structures 
> supporting the Power company cabels - NATIONAL GRID) 
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> It is supposed to be a step down line transformer - pole PIG 
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> Its an old wooden IKEA toy truck with a 12v mains transformer , a fan ( 
> ex- Computer psu) cooled Transistor , LOPT - flyback Transformer and a 
> model of a pole pig in fault mode i.e. a helical Jacob's ladder or 
> rising arc 
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> See the video 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrlCJiqTpaA 
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYY7EhZB3E ( build tesla) 
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioG40rby4mc ( my tesla) 
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> THANKS for the interest 
> James Howells 
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