I have 4 paralleled neons on the varaic. I was thinking that the varaic
would only see about 15 to 17 amps, the rating of the combined 4 neons. But
the variac with the 4 neons is pulling 30 to 50 amps running the coil. So
many on this forum have explained this as the shunts no longer working in
some situations. So I though if my shunts were taking a dump at some voltage
as it appears then adding a ballast to the front end of the neons to limit
them to there rating when the neon shunt quit working. That was the
thinking.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Kunkel
Sent: October 9, 2020 4:43 PM
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
Subject: Re: [TCML] Ballast
I am confused...if you have NST's that are paralleled and you want to limit
the current...don't build a ballast, just remove 1 or more from your NST
bank.
~Dan
Kansas City area
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