RE: [TCML] Power Factor Correction

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

There's the problem!  The PFC cap(s) must be wired in PARALLEL with the NST primary.  Placing it in series can only reduce the primary current.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Phillip Slawinski
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:33 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Power Factor Correction
>
> Maybe 10uF is too much to get close to the right value.  It seemed like 30uF
> was the correct value but it wasn't.  I measured secondary current and that
> had been reduced by 25%.  90mA vs 120.  I did get a value that gave me 120mA
> on the secondary side but the current draw on the primary was the same as it
> had been before.
>
> I have the PFC caps wired in series with the hot line to the transformer.
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Skip Malley <skip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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