Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Scot and Cameron,
I ran the toroid dimensions thru my toroid ballast design program
assuming 5Vrms difference between variacs, 16 turns on the toroid,
and a permeability of 20000 and then 10000, and I think that core
will saturate badly. Following are the computed results:
permeability = 20000:
******************** BALLAST DATA ********************
Ballast Voltage = 5 Volts rms
Ballast Current = 1.6 Amps rms
Line Frequency = 60 Hz
Outside Toroid Diameter = 2.3 inches
Inside Toroid Diameter = 1.5 inches
Toroid Core Area = 0.3 square inches
Relative Permeability = 20000
GAP Size = 0.00 inches
********************** RESULTS **********************
Required Inductance = 8.3 mh
Required Number of Turns = 16
Volts per Turn = 0.3 volts
Peak Flux Density = 62700 gauss
permeability = 10000:
******************** BALLAST DATA ********************
Ballast Voltage = 5 Volts rms
Ballast Current = 3.2 Amps rms
Line Frequency = 60 Hz
Outside Toroid Diameter = 2.3 inches
Inside Toroid Diameter = 1.5 inches
Toroid Core Area = 0.3 square inches
Relative Permeability = 10000
GAP Size = 0.00 inches
********************** RESULTS **********************
Required Inductance = 4.1 mh
Required Number of Turns = 16
Volts per Turn = 0.3 volts
Peak Flux Density = 62700 gauss
The conditions for the computations are no load on the toroid center
tap so the current is what passes thru the choke from one variac to
the other. Didn't know what the permeability is but it doesnt seem
to affect the flux density (and it shouldn't since the volts per
turn and cross sectional area remain the same).
Gerry R.
Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunnikillr@xxxxxxx>
Hey Cameron...
I would go ahead and use both stacked together to make it " 2.5 X
??thick" and carefully watch the voltage differences between each
output.... if there is much more than 5 volts between each leg
you will need to go to a larger core ( a small variac core minus
its original wire)
to test voltage between legs, VOM the neutral and one leg ( approx
120 - 140 V depending on how you have the varaic set up) and repeat
for the other leg. If voltage difference is same/equal or less than
5 V difference, then you are ok if not, start looking for a 7.5
amp variac on Ebay ;)
next step is to load the variacs with something that can pull a
decient amount of power ( approx 20A) and retest the voltage
differences between legs...
I am assuming that you are running 240VAC opposed phase ( single
phase in more common terms)....
Scot D
Tesla list wrote:
Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince" <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>
Hey guys,
I've got 2 1256's I've mechanically ganged together. I now need to build a
paralleling choke for them. I've read some posts and websites on how this is
done, but they talk about using an old variac as the core. I have a ferrite
torroid that measures 2.25 inches O.D. 1.50 inches I.D. and is .75 inches
wide. I believe the core is physically large enough to get 16 turns of 8AWG
around it, but I'm concerned if the core is magnetically large enough or
not. Any thoughts about this would be appreciated. I do have two of these
cores, so I could stack them and wind through both at once if need be.
Thanks,
Cameron