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Re: 7200 V too low?
In a message dated 4/15/00 2:12:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla@pupman.com
writes:
>
> My transformer is a 14.4 5kva unit. I feed it 240 volts in and get
14,400
> out. I believe these transformers are rugged and over designed enough to
> allow you to input 240 volts in to the 120 volt tap and get 14,400 out of
a
> 7,200 volt unit. Has anyone tried this?
>
> Ed Sonderman
Ed,
The transformer will saturate. The input voltage can be raised to
perhaps 25% over the rated input voltage at the most, before it becomes
too inefficient due to saturation. It's all a matter of the volts per turn
for which the transformer was designed.
Cheers,
John Freau