Re: [TCML] Disassebling a huge transformer

["garry neeley" <bamacoiler@xxxxxxxxx>]

It is not a typical 2 winding transformer.  It has 1 winding with taps but
its not wound with wire.  It's wound with thick copper ribbon about 4-6
inches wide.  It's a huge current type transformer.  It just wouldn't cut it
as is.  Almost no dc resistance.

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Garry.
>
> I'm puzzled why you'd want to go through the trouble of disassembling the
> transformer.  What about just putting a resistor across the secondary of
> the ballast transformer and running the current through the primary? When
> you want a small amount of inductive ballasting use a smaller resistor.
>
> You could construct a resistor bank and put taps in it so that you could
> easily adjust the resistance and therefore ballasting.
>
> Chip
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, garry neeley wrote:
>
> > Het Guys I aquired a gigantic transformer for my pig ballast.  I want to
> > rewind it to make a reactor.  My question is Does anyone know of a good
> way
> > to get the I seperated from the E.  The I section is bolted together with
> > threaded rod.  At the top where the E and I meet the laminations are
> > interleaved together.  This transformer is big, mid section exceeds 25
> > square inches.  Weighs over 300 lbs.  Should I simply cut the I section
> > off?  Are there any good methods for this?
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