Re: Shopping...and AVALON! HA!

["Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

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>> 1. a small (possibly 5 or 10kVA) PIG mounted on the side of a building.
>> There are some rather weird things about it though. It has 4 wires on the
LV
>> side and 2 on the HV.
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>This is not unheard of.  If you open the can and look inside, many (if not
>most) pigs actually have a split winding on the primary side.  You can wire
>them for 120V or 240V.  (imagine pulling 120 at 200 amps!  no thanks)

or, in a factory, 240/480 might be more likely...

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>> One of the buildings is an
>> old 4 story structure with one large room topped with a 25ton gantry
crane.
>> A 40' coil could be build and operated in here with ease.

or... a big marx generator....
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