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Re: My Coil: Problems?
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 13:12:19 -0500
From: teslaman-at-juno-dot-com
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: My Coil: Problems?
On Sun, 28 Sep 1997 08:02:39 -0600 (MDT) Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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>Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 19:50:38 -0400
>From: Tom Heiber <theiber-at-lonet.ca>
>To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Subject: My Coil: Problems?
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>Hey, I am back. I was away for a while but now I'm back at coiling.
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>Anyways, I'll get straigth to the point. I have a medium size neon
>xfrmer coil.
>The Neon xfrmr is a 12Kv -at- 60mA (Jefferson) . Anyway I tried to add a
>second
>xfrmer so i bought one. A different company though since I couldn't
>find a
>Jefferson, This one is a Allanson. Anyhow. Both xfrmers are 12Kv -at-
>60mA, BUT.
>The Jefferson indicates 720VA on the plate while the Allanson shows
>360VA. How
>can that be? Mathematically it should be 720, right?
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I believe the difference is due to some neon xformers have power factor
capacitors built in on the primary winding. I have seen several P.F.
caps while tearing down the transformers. Incidently the ones I have
found with the capacitors were Allenson's.
Kevin E.
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