Re: hi im bill and a nfg. just know learning

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Original poster: "Sean Taylor by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <taylorss-at-rose-hulman.edu>

> I'm trying too build a power supply that delivers 30 to 100 kv at 500 MA.
> And 70 hertz. AC

Sounds like you want an X-ray transformer.  These can be more than 100 kv,
and are high current, but short duty.  What do you need it for?

> I was wondering if I I
> hook a 120 v..ac outlet plug to a standard  600 amp dimmer switch , to the
> transformer  how can I measure the kv without a high voltage tester  ??

I'm guessing you mean 600 Watt dimmer, and this won't work to well, as
dimmers chop part of the AC wave off to change the apparent voltage on the
load.  As several people have mentioned, it is best to put in 120 on the
high voltage side, and measure the voltage on the low voltage side, unless,
of course, you don't know what the rating are at all, or which is high
voltage and low voltage.  I would go with feeding a low voltage to it first,
like 1 or 2 VAC, and checking the output.

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Sean Taylor
The Geek Group
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Subject: hi im bill and a nfg. just know learning


> Original poster: "Bill by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<liam-at-neteze-dot-com>
>
.   I recently acquired an ac transformer at a junk  yard
> the sucker weighs about a hundred pounds and is ac > does anyone know any
tricks   ???   thanks  bill
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 10:35 AM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Miss Electra on Ripley's
>
> Original poster: "Brent Turner by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <bturner-at-apc-dot-net>
>
> Mark (and all)
>
> I feel I need to comment at this point.
>
> The current during the "initial" phase of the gag is only 22 amps. That
> is BEFORE the gap starts to fire. At full power, my coil system draws
> OVER 40 amps. My coil isn't tuned for lengthy sparks, thought it DOES
> produce discharge over 6 FEET in length. It's designed for higher
> current in the actual DISCHARGE. Hence, there is enough RF current in
> the output to bring a 60-watt incandescent lamp to near FULL brilliance.
>
> Assistants are on plastic crates. This is to RF-isolate them from
> ground. As I mentioned, there is an INTENSE low-frequency component in
> the discharge. Enough to cause involuntary muscle contraction or worse.
>
> Wrong on your assumption that the light bulb was a resistive load to
> drain any remaining charge. What you saw in the final footage was
> Danielle holding the incandescent bulb holder, and was the tail part of
> dropped footage with her lighting the bulb to full brilliance. This was
> a result of the editing done by the producers.
>
> If you doubt this, I would like to invite you out here to Southern
> California and allow you to feel what I am talking about. If you really
> want to feel what a 3.5 KVA coil output TRULY feels like without
> protection, it's your life...
>
> We are serious about NOT trying this at home. Looks easy. Actually it
> is. BUT WE HAVE SPENT YEARS KNOWING WHAT *NOT* TO DO. Driving a car is
> easy and simple. But I doubt that it felt that way when you were first
> learning. The responsibility to operate the vehicle in a SAFE manner.
>
> I agree that the media folks hyped a bunch of stuff. I still feel
> uncomfortable with that. (But that's the way it goes with them. There is
> an intense need there for more and more and more. Or at least until
> someone is seriously injured.)
>
> - Brent Turner
>
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>
> Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I taped it since I wasn't home.  Upon watching the tape with my wife,
she
> > got bored saying "I've seen better than this in the garage." :-)
> >
> > I watched the tape several time in varying degrees of slow motion and
> > wondered if anyone noticed:
> >
> > 1. The metal gloves she was wearing had wires running up her arms taped
at
> > the shoulders and then down her back.
> > 2. The platform that she sat on was not the TC but an insulated platform
> > connected to the TC.  She was sitting on a plate on that platform.
> > 3. The current draw at the initial spark throwing gag was ~22 amps, so
> this
> > wasn't a big coil.
> > 4. During the light bulb gag the assistants were standing on boxes, I
> assume
> > to be insulated since occasional sparks hit their hands.
> > 5. The rod she was holding at the end with a light bulb in it which
> > apparently was a resistive load to drain any remaining charge.
> >
> > Remember, don't try this at home Brent and Danielle are highly paid...er
I
> > mean trained professionals.
> >
> > Mark Stolz
> > Houston, TX
> >
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