Re: [TCML] Slide choke question

["DC Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you contact me off-list, I can email you a photo of our 15 kVA slider
choke.

Dr. Resonance




On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Billy Watson <aesops.tech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I for one am very interested, to learn how this is accomplished.
> Thanks
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:54 PM, <Sfxneon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hey Bama,
> >
> > That is essentially how a neon bombarder slide choke is made. A square
> > laminated core slides into a four sided tube, made with four pieces of
> > phenolic
> > board. End pieces go on each end of the square phenolic tube, making a
> > square
> > shaped spool to wind the coil on. Just scale to size for your own
> > requirements,
> >  but neon bombarder slide chokes go all the way to 22.5 kVA.
> >
> > Also, bombarder chokes usually have a very simple mechanism that allows
> the
> > choke to only be pulled out (until it's released), which holds it in
> > position
> > when you let go. Otherwise, you are fighting the pull of one very big
> > solenoid! I'll explain it if anyone is interested.
> >
> > Tony Greer
> > *************
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/22/2008 1:03:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > bamacoiler@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > If you  were to wind the usual coil for a slide choke, how would it work
> if
> > you  used an I section of a large transformer for the core?  Or would it
> >  work
> > at all?  Thanks in  advance.
> > Bamacoiler
> >
> >
> >
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