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Registered Member #521
Joined: Wed Feb 14 2007, 06:03PM
Location: Ontario - Canada
Posts: 9
I am running a 16kv pole transformer at 4kv, this is done with a electric welder as ballast and fore extra safety the mains is running though a 240v isolation transformer that came from a huge UPS system.
There are other videos by as well if you view my channel. I am planning on using this to charge a Maxwell cap bank but I haven't had the time to construct it.
Registered Member #160
Joined: Mon Feb 13 2006, 02:07AM
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 938
You've got a pole transformer and that's the best jacobs ladder you could manage! I'd get some long copper pipe and really set the arcs on. How many amps do those things put out anyway?
Registered Member #521
Joined: Wed Feb 14 2007, 06:03PM
Location: Ontario - Canada
Posts: 9
I was burning some snow, I put each electrode at each end of the wood and lets the snow melt causing the arcing.
After the snow I tried a potato. I will also try the Jacobs ladder with some pipe, never thought of that one and I have about 6 meters of copper pipe around.
Registered Member #30
Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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I think they weigh about 150-200lbs, not the sort of thing you casually pick up and tote around I saw a small 5kVA pig at a teslathon a while back that the owner had rebuilt in a smaller tank with carrying handles bolted to the top. I could just lift it by myself, and two people could move it easily.
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Video I made of my pole transformer in action
I saw a small 5kVA pig at a teslathon a while back that the owner had rebuilt in a smaller tank with carrying handles bolted to the top. I could just lift it by myself, and two people could move it easily.