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RE: [TCML] Power Factor Correction



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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