Re: Oops! My mistake! (was: Getting Closer to First Light with 10KVA Pig)

["Steve Rosenthal" <sdrosen-at-cwia-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

You know, I must say something right here and now.

I have been noticing a lot of people talking about pole pigs, getting them
and using them.

I am not necessarily singling out anyone, but this message is rather
disturbing to me.

Ryan, PLEASE PLEASE be careful!!!!!. You are messing with something that
leaves absolutely no room for error!!!!
That sorts of questions you are asking are things you should know long
before you get a pole pig. Your asking very basic electricity questions,
things that anyone contemplating doing what your apparentally doing should
already know backwards and forwards!

You will not get a second chance with a pole pig. You will be toast, and
your family will be having a funeral for you!
And we will be seeing a news story on the national news..."Tesla Coil
Experimenter Electrocuted Instantly", and then there
will be legistlation to protect Tesla Coil experimenter from themselves. It
just appears to me that there are too many of you/us fooling around with
pole pigs, and as the numbers of those of us who enjoy experimenting with
these sorts of things grows, the odds of someone getting killed does
to....... We all need to constantly be aware of just what potential we are
dealing with, lethal potential!! Make no mistake! There is no room for
error!

Steve R.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: Oops! My mistake! (was: Getting Closer to First Light with 10KVA
Pig)


> Original poster: "Ryan Ries" <spud-at-wf-dot-net>
>
> You guys were right and I was wrong about the voltages on the pig.  It is
> a 14.4/24.9Y and not some weird 28.8.  Sorry for the mistake.  So, here is
> what I have gathered:
> When I apply 120 volts to the HV terminals on the pig, I read exactly 2
> volts across X1 and X3 LV terminals (leaving X2, the center terminal,
> alone).  Thus, a 60:1 turns ratio.  So, if I put 240v (42 amps) into X1
and
> X3, I would get 14.4Kv (10KVA) out the HV terminals, correct?
>
> Thanks,
>     Ryan Ries
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