Re: [TCML] 1KVA Pole Pigs?

["J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes6502@xxxxxxxxx>]

One of our local electric co-ops employs 1.5kVA pole pigs, and I also mailed an eBay listing for a bunch of them to TCML a few years back:
http://www.pupman.com/listarchives/2006/Jan/msg00821.html

T&R also lists quite a few pole pigs in the <3kVA range.  Not that that helps anybody ;->>

They're usually used out in the boonies to power very small loads (e.g., a warning signal or sign illumnation) where no existing larger transformer can be borrowed from.

Cheers,
Aaron, N7OE

--- On Mon, 11/24/08, DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [TCML] 1KVA Pole Pigs?
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 9:38 PM
> If it is not in a tank of oil and potted in epoxy, then
> it's probably a
> potential transformer (commonly called a PT).  I've
> seen oil filled pole
> xmfrs rated at 3 kVA but never heard of a 1 or 1.5.
> 
> You definitely need a protective filter on the HV side of
> these (and pole)
> xmfrs.  Lack of this filter is probably why your one xmfr
> failed.
> 
> Most PTs rated 1.5 kVA can be run in the 3-4 kVA range, but
> always use a
> protect filter, never run them bare.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dr. Resonance
> 

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