Re: [TCML] Saturable reactors for TC Current limiting?

["Teslalabor" <teslalabor@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

?? He asked for saturable reactors and not for use of shorted welding 
transformers!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Noggle" <cn@xxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Saturable reactors for TC Current limiting?


> Hi---
>
> An arc welder with 120V input works well.  Just short the welding leads 
> and you can adjust the current with the welding current knob.  This will 
> go in series with the line input to the MOTs.  These welders can be bought 
> for less than $100.00.
>
> ---Carl
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > last year I did some experiments on this topic. I also noticed at this 
> > time, that nearly no information is available about saturable reactors on 
> > the TCML. In my experiments I replaced the normal air gapped ballast 
> > inductor of my PT powered medium coil with 200bps SRSG by a big saturable 
> > inductor. The results were very interesting but I stopped to investigate 
> > this further. Maybe sometime in future I will continue experiments. I 
> > made 2 videos, the first one shows the setup I used. The winding on the 
> > central leg of the reactor is the "work" winding and the 2 outer legs, 
> > connected in series, is the control winding. Heres the setup video:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNglLIUpRE
> >
> > And here it is running:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZn4bZOKS4U
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Stefan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Speck" <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 8:28 PM
> > Subject: [TCML] Saturable reactors for TC Current limiting?
> >
> >
> > > Anyone have any experience using a saturable reactor to limit TC current 
> > > draw on potential or MOT transformer stacks in disruptive TC 
> > > applications?
> > >
> > > I thought I was tole once by a "prominent" authority in the TC business 
> > > that they didn't work well.
> > >
> > > I know I have a 5 kW slide choke "somewhere".  Just can't lay my hands 
> > > on it at the moment.
> > >
> > > Dave
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