Dave,
On second thought, these pole pigs may be a bit too big for my taste,
especially the weight aspect. Ouch!
Bob.
On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:47:14 -0400 David Speck <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Bob,
>
> Glad to help. Feel free to ask any more questions you might have.
>
> There are several photos of a semi trailer full of pole pigs in
> Yurtle's
> photo set, but it was not clear to me that he was actually going to
> use
> one of those in his setup.
>
> Upon closer inspection, I see a label of "25" on one of them at the
>
> lower left side of the trailer, indicating a probable 25 KVA rating.
> A
> 200 amp household utility service at 240 VAC could theoretically
> provide
> 24 KVA at the maximum rating, but you would need a really big
> Variac,
> power control system, and inductive ballast to use one of those at
> its
> full power rating.
>
> You can certainly use a pole transformer at less than its max
> ratings,
> and can actually push them to 50% or even 100% over their nameplate
>
> ratings for a short time. Only problem is that a transformer of
> this
> size probably weighs 500# - 700#, so wrangling it becomes a problem.
>
> You wouldn't want to drop one of those on your foot.
>
> Dave
>
> On 9/1/2014 1:00 AM, rd_parker@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Dave,
> >
> > Thanks a million for your reply; you have given much to think
> about.
> >
> > Bob in Bellflower.
>
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