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Re: Coil Research (fwd)



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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 01:20:33 -0800
From: Open Minded <unknown-at-apc-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Coil Research (fwd)

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 22:06:33 -0500
> From: Thomas McGahee <tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Cc: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Coil Research
> 
> ----------
> > From: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> > To: Tesla-list-subscribers-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Re: Coil Research
> > Date: Monday, February 17, 1997 8:25 PM
> >
> > Subscriber: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com Mon Feb 17 17:39:04 1997
> > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:40:09 GMT
> > From: Jim Fosse <jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com>
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Re: Coil Research
> >
> >
> > >Hello all,
> > >            I am doing some research into certain secondary
> > >parameters and would appreciate some info on working coils (if you
> > >have two or more, so much the better):
> > Hi Malcolm,
> >       Last week I promised that I would measure my system and post
> > the results. I've been sidetracked. I was up to ~3' sparks from my
> > single 15kV 60mA neon. I didn't want to blow it so I hooked up my
> > 7.5kV 10kVA pig instead. After about 10 minutes of more or less
> > continuous running my power contractor's (american?? for high current
> > relay) coil smoked;( I'd mistakenly wired it to 220V instead of the
> > 110V the coil was rated for.
> >
> > Today I'm rewinding the relay's coil so I can energize my TC again.
> >
> >       cheers,
> >
> >       jim
> 
> Jim,
> I think you mean "Power Contactor", not power contractor. It referes to the
> fact that the relay is used to provide heavy duty power through its
> contacts.
> Fr. Tom McGahee


I couldn't resist here ...

  I would imagine that any of us with a large enough coil *could*
become power contractors..."you want how much power and where??"

- Brent (with tongue firmly in cheek)