Damn, never realized how long I've been on youtube, almost 6 years now.

Really!?

I might put a full wave rectifier together for it, but I don't have the motivation to do it.

@@VariacManiac not sure where my reply went lol

There will be more from where that came from:) I was lucky to get this transformer, they're hard to obtain sadly. Check local hospitals or junk yards that they send old xray units to. You might get one.

I have a 300 ma at 125 pkv Transformer for sale! If you still want 1!

@@zackfarley8890 how much you selling it for? you in the US?

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Nah, I just care that good quality content is provided to those who deserve it. :) I'm not a professional at it none the less, but it's nice to have some decent editing.

Variac Maniac Well your videos are entertaining and I hope people find out about you more

instead he gets 100k volts

Absolutely

Yep, I need to get back in the swing too, a lot's happening!

The insulation is rated to 150kV and concentric earthing around cable. No chance of getting hurt. Plus remotely controlled :)

Sadly, I could have prevented this. At least the transformer still works! Thanks!

Funny that It was charged to 25kV ballasted to 60W and then I went to charge it again and there was no output, signaling an open circuit, can't really tell what actually happened. I am positive that it was destroyed by an over voltage of some sort. A good friend of mine has a similar transformer and a similar pair of caps that he charges with his x ray transformer, he has not had problems yet. I think that a small and cheap HVDC power supply would be best to charge the cap from now on. Just to keep the big expensive stuff safe. :)

@@VariacManiac Absolutely! The big stuff is what's important. Especially a big xrt like yours. Better safe than sorry!

@@VariacManiac inductive oscillation between the cap and socondary caused massive over voltage spike.. you need to disconnect tx from cap b4 discharges or snubber etc i will be doing some high voltage stuff soon (i have a few x ray txs also a massive 100kv tx like 2 tonne that came from a local university) nice vid fella ps im working on a 10kw vttc (gu39b) at min :)

@@T2D.SteveArcs Badass! I will follow that man. It makes sense. I should've done research beforehand. I was worried I was doing something wrong, just had a feeling about it. I hope the transformer itself is ok. It runs good at the moment, but, I will be more gentle with it from now on of course. I really appreciate your insight man, thanks!

@@VariacManiac lol no worries man and i wouldnt worry about transformer the diodes took the hit and saved its ass that time and yeah ive just started working from home so will have a lot more time il get some decent stuff uploaded in the near future ps you said you were told u could lift out the transfomer and wouldnt need to vacuum it ?? dont risk that fella :) Steve

Recently scored a bunch of insulators from a transmission job.

Thanks! Yeah. They can be found on eBay. I was able to get mine from a transformer company, but their process is time consuming. I'd recommend a 10KVA one at most. Don't plug them directly into a power source without current limiting as it'll likely weld the plug into the socket and will instantly trip the breaker. My 5KVA has seen 20kW and didn't sweat. You won't ever be able to overload these, power wise. These are meant for mean fault currents, but don't over-volt them too much, just to avoid destroying the transformer's insulation capacity. If you ever do buy one, you'll have to locate the nearest FedEx depot and have it shipped there for you to pick it up. Home delivery is much more expensive, because they'll need to bring a forklift. Just note that these won't hesitate to put you in the emergency room, or worse. They are a fantastic power supply though. :)

@@VariacManiac late reply, sorry. i need to know more about ratios, such as 20:1, like what does it mean? how do i know if a transformer that i might buy, will be powerful or create huge arcs? i understand, the more volts/amps the bigger, but need to know more. thanks! if you have discord or whatever, can we talk instead of in replies? i have instagram, discord, snapchat, twitter, thats about it

@@breezetix Sure, what's your discord?

@@VariacManiac breezetix#2478 whats ur name on dc tho, so i can find u easier

@@breezetix Variac Maniac

Glad you asked man! There many ways I find these insulators. If going out to hunt, bring a friend or family member and plenty of water. Good spots are to search for abandoned facilities(mostly old mining sites or factories that are old or abandoned). You can find them via google maps or road. Search the general area(especially around power lines), but be very cautious, try to do your business without trespassing, I don't recommend it. The next thing to watch for is dilapidated poles, they usually look old, crooked, and or some without conductors and insulators, some may be on the ground. You might just find something at the base of those poles. Keep in mind if there's one pole, there's more. Stay away from downed power lines. Another is if on the road, once again, search the bases of poles, just don't drive while doing that. Look down old and new transmission line right of ways. Keep out of private areas. Sometimes line workers leave old insulators behind. The best way to obtain power insulators is if you see a line being upgraded where they are taking down old lines and poles and putting up new. They might have a couple dumpsters next to where their working that might have insulators in them. Catch them during a break and see if they will allow you to recover a few. Just stay safe and have fun!

Another good spot is near power generation, especially around hydro dams, or in areas where there's power history, check areas on lines going that are hard to access by truck or machinery such as mountains and hills, what lineman is going to haul insulators out of those areas (me) lol! Be careful as that kind of land is treacherous. Be careful. Share videos of hunts if you can, would be pretty neat, and of course you should keep from telling locations.

I had a feeling. Should have thought before I did, lesson learned, but luckily, the transformer lives! Glad I have guys like you to have an explanation and a better understanding on situations like this. I just figured they were too old, but your explanation seems more viable.

@@VariacManiac No problem, yes the transformer has definitely a much bigger value then the diodes, diodes are actually really easy to replace and no so expensive compared to transformer, a suggestion would be to add a safety spark gep to the transformer to protect it from a over voltage

Yeah, sorry that it's been a while. I've been quite busy with college, life, etc.

@@VariacManiac Oh yes, me too

When I was editing, too lol!

Yeah, I'm surprised they popped! It was due to a high frequency impulse that nuked them, luckily the transformer is ok. Man you are a transformer maniac! I That's awesome! I want to get some of those large transmission substation potential transformers for high voltage. Where would you get one that big?

Variac Maniac Those big potential transformers are very cool. For a station class xfmr I was looking at PennTransformer; however, when the time comes to buy one the business landscape will look completely different. Even Solomon got bought out recently and are merging with Sunbelt.

@@VariacManiac I recently got a PT rated for 33kV pri with two 110V secs. Absolute monster (weighs well over 100kg)

Fixed it in the video, it is now an AC power supply and works great! It was annoying and messy, but it was fun too!

@@VariacManiac Bet it is man

It's all good. It's rated +-150kV, and has concentric grounding around the cable for any capacitive charges. :)

@@VariacManiac Ahh well thats a relief!

Still around, just very busy. I plan on returning as soon as I can. :)

Very busy. Yourself?

I just did! Looks good! I bet you can feel your hair being pulled lol!

@@VariacManiac 😂😂 its mad in person mate, you know 😁 I'm going to be doing more with these soon they are awesome 36kw intermittent 😮😂 .. I wanna bridge out the diodes In one for Ac out 8khz couple of hundred kv that will be fun... I dont want to take them out of the oil cos that's a whole can of worms so probs lift it like u did and just bridge the strings, easy to reverse as well .. I got a couple of postal x ray machines so wanna do a vid on those soon too😀

I guess I get too confident. The cable is rated at 150kV and has a concentric neutral wrapping around it to bleed off any leakage currents. It would indeed be smarter to use a hot stick with a ground strap in front of the hand.

@@VariacManiac yeah for sure 😬