Re: Higher input voltage

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Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

Hi Jeremy...

My BIGPIG coil uses  up to 38KVAC to the primary at full variac 
setting...   you have to make sure you have more than pleanty of clearance 
for wiring due to arc overs...

Scot D


Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Jeremy Gassmann" <gmann-at-fuse-dot-net>
>     I just had a quick question.  I look at a lot of the designs out 
> there and I see that most people use NST's up to 15 kV, or lower voltage 
> MOT's, or pole pigs around 15 kV as well.  My question is, has anyone 
> ever designed a coil with a larger input voltage than 15 kV?
>Maybe using 30 or 40 kV or even higher.  Is there a reason that most 
>people don't go much higher than 15 kV of input power?  Is it due to the 
>availability of such high voltage sources or more of the complexity 
>involved in engineering TC components to withstand the higher 
>voltages?  Thanks in advance!
>
>Jeremy Gassmann
>Cincinnati, Oh
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