Hello Marshall, Saturday, January 19, 2002, 1:09:05 PM, you wrote:
MD> Satchid wrote: >> Ok, I made CG now for the first time. I have 2 neon transformer >> primary coils in parallel, secondary (high voltage) in series. >> >> >> This will burn up one or both transformers within a day or two. >> Already made that mistake myself when I first started working with >> them. The secondary is center tapped and attached to the case, which >> suppose to be grounded. Thus 1/2 of each winding will be totally >> shorted out. Problem is that even though the transformers are shunt >> protected against shorts, they are made for both windings being >> shorted, and if you only short 1/2 the transformer, the shunt current >> will be twice what it should be on a short, and the windings will burn >> out very quickly. Lost a $150 brand new one that way when I first >> started. >> >> Marshall Don't ground the case, and keep both transformers electrically isolated from each other and earth. It shouldn't pose a problem that way. -- Best regards, Solar -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>