Re: ballast are bogus!!! (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 22:18:05 EDT
From: FutureT@xxxxxxx
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: ballast are bogus!!! 

In a message dated 9/6/2007 9:40:25 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,  
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:


my coil has 950 turns of green ground wire that is kind of stiff.  the
tube is a carboard tube for cement, its about 6" inside. the tube is  6'
long. then i found a plastic spool for the primary and wrapped 10  turns of
welding cable on it. i dont know about the 'piggie' how can i  measure it?
there is a 25 painted on one side. its kind of  rusty.
Do you have some photos of the pig and your coil setup?  If you're  really
using a pole pig (distribution transformer), then your setup
sounds like the most dangerous one I've ever heard of.  I  recommend that you
cease all coiling operations until proper safety features are  installed.
This would include installing a suitable ballast if it's a real pig that  
you're
using, and not some sort of internally ballasted transformer.   

the  output will arc
about 1" with thes crewdriver. 
Do you walk up to the pig with full power applied, and you arc  across
the terminals with a screwdriver?  If so, do you have a  death-wish?

the  capacator glass plates are 1/4" thick
and are about 2' wide and 3' long.  they work great with the 18" aluninum
foil. i have to go count how many  plates, i stacked them up until the arc
stopped getting bigger. think  there's about 8? someone here was worried
about the SKIL saw, but its  well grounded. its the only thing that hasnt
broke yet!

i think the wires from the house to the garage are way too  long, mabye
fatter wires would help the arc length. i could get some of  that monster
cable. the wires in the wall sometimes they knock around in  there when i
turn on the switch. the dog thinks its a rat or something,  haha!  :)
The point Scot was making is that the thin wires are protecting the house  
(slightly)
by acting as a resistive-type ballast.  If you use thicker wires,  then
you will be making the system even more dangerous and out of  control,
(again assuming you are using pig-power).  If the wires knock around  inside
the wall, then this is surely a dangerous system which should be  immediately
re-designed with safety in mind.   I wonder what type of house  wiring you 
have?


John

 



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