RE: Variacs and current draw

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>

The NST secondary current may, depending upon the cap size, run far higher
(3X or more!) than the faceplate rating.

Gary Lau
MA, USA


>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jim-at-jlproduction-dot-com>
>
>Really??
>
>I run three 9/30's with one with no apparent trouble. In fact when I had
>it wired wrong (I think it was acting as a voltage amplifier) I was
>literally smoldering the variac and it still works fine.
>
>When my air blast gap is set to wide, like WAYYY to wide (for big arcs)
>I crank the variac up all the way and THEN throw the power on which must
>really stress it and still have no trouble to date.
>
>Am I just lucky or is my math wrong? I calculate it thusly-
>12x60=720 watts
>9x30x3=810 watts
>
>Mind you I'm not being a wise guy, I'm just curious if I am way off or
>what??
>
>Jim L
>http://www.jlproduction-dot-com/forum
>(online Tesla coilers forum)