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POLE TRANSFORMER CALC
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: POLE TRANSFORMER CALC
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From: richard.quick-at-slug-dot-org (Richard Quick)
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 22:13:00 GMT
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Quoting Ed Sonderman;
ES> Richard,
ES> You said your pole pig is a 10kva transformer, 22890 volts.
ES> If I understand this correctly if you input 41 amps at 240
ES> volts you should get 22890 volts out at .437 amps. This
ES> looks like the same size transformer the power companies use
ES> to feed 1 or 2 houses. I have a 400 amp service to my
ES> house. At 240 volts this is 96,000 watts. That is 10 times
ES> the 10kva that your transformer is rated at - but it looks
ES> like the same size transformer.
ES> What am I missing here?
Different internal construction, external cooling fins, etc..
My pig is mostly oil. Pigs designed to step down high voltages
are not built like a transformer that steps down a lower voltage
but handles more input current. I can pick my pig up and move it
without too much trouble.
Richard Quick
... If all else fails... Throw another megavolt across it!
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