Re: [TCML] Paralleling 15/30 15/60 NSTs

[Gary Lau <glau1024@xxxxxxxxx>]

There's really nothing that can go wrong beyond the 50-50 chance of getting
the phasing wrong.  Dissimilar current rating ar not an issue.  Even
somewhat different voltage ratings are not a deal breaker.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA



On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Joe Mastroianni <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> I presume that in theory as long as the output voltage is the same I should
> have no problem paralleling 2 NSTs with different current ratings.
>
> But theory is not reality. And I still have an old 15/30 NST which I
> swapped out when I got my 15/60. So I'm staring at it wanting to try the
> experiment of paralleling it with its bigger brother. But then I think-
> there has to be a problem in this somewhere. Like when you have the variac
> at less than full power if the 2 Vin/Vout curves are different.
>
> What kind of chaos could I cause by doing this (presuming I phased them
> correctly)??
>
> Thx
> Joe
>
>
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