Re: physically large coils

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At 11:07 AM 3/8/2006, you wrote:
> Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
> Hi All,
>
>     Reminds me of a quest they have down here in the hills of 
> W.Va.: How to build a 2-story mobile home with portable, in-ground 
> pool that can be easily moved from place to place overnight 
> whenever the lot rent comes due.;-))))
>      I don't think that there's any way around the fact that large, 
> heavy objects require large, heavy moving equipment.

Indeed, but the challenge is in making a big TC not heavy.


>  A 6" coil with RSG, control console, NST farm, toroids, spare 
> parts, and tools will pretty well max out something the size of a 
> capped Ford Ranger and be loadable by one person. With a 12"-16" 
> 10-20kVA pig, RSG, and a safe control console,

pshaw.. "safe"  ... I was just going to grab wires with my bare hands 
to turn it on and off.

But realistically, the control console is just some switches and a 
couple of relays.

I think the only heavy part that is non-trivially overcome-able is 
the HV transformer and current control.

But, switch mode power supplies might be the answer.  The challenge 
would be in finding something off-the-shelf and cheap that could be 
adapted (otherwise, you might as well get involved in building a big SSTC)



>  you're probably looking at a deuce & a half truck or a custom 
> built trailer and 2 or more people to load. Bigger than that, and 
> you're talking fork lift, side boom, and flatbed or enclosed 
> commercial trailer, or a platoon of double hernias. :^((