Re: NST question

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: NST question
From: "Adam" <adamsmith-at-mediaone-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 07:36:17 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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>> Original Poster: "David W" <Dav_W926-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>> 
>> I have a Jefferson Electric 15 KV NST rated at 60 milliamps (1 out of a
>> dozen free!), BUT the the tag also says that it only uses 500 watts.
> Shouldn't
>> it be closer to 900 watts? why is the tag contradicting itsself? Should I
> still
>> consider it to be 60 milliamps?
>> ~Dave

> Original Poster: "me" <weaver77-at-home-dot-com>
> 
> Factories sometimes make mistakes.  Its possible the tag is not the original.
> Sometimes if a case cover gets damaged a sign shop will replace it with a
> different
> cover that has the wrong tag.   The only way you will know for sure what
> you really
> have is to test it with a meter.
> 
> Gary Weaver

The more obvious situation would be that this is a High Power Factor
transformer, for which the VA rating of 500 would be correct.

-Adam
adamsmith-at-mediaone-dot-net