RE: Ferroresonant Transformer (Again)

["Scudder, Henry J" <Henry.Scudder@West.Boeing.com>]

Mark
	You need two windings to boost with your setup, one for each of the
legs. You need to check the phasing of them to make sure that they both
boost.

Hank

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> From: 	Mark Brueggemann[SMTP:markb@abq.com]
> Reply To: 	ev@listproc.sjsu.edu
> Sent: 	Wednesday, June 30, 1999 5:55 AM
> To: 	EV List
> Subject: 	Ferroresonant Transformer (Again)
> 
> Thanks everyone for all the responses to my post about adjusting 
> the output of a ferro transformer.  A number of you suggested that 
> I put a buck/boost transformer on the secondary instead of the  
> primary, but the Lester uses a full-wave rectifier with a center 
> tap.  Is there a way I can hook a buck/boost transformer to the 
> secondary configured this way?  I tried it on a small transformer 
> and found that if you put it on the center tap lead you get bucking 
> on one leg of the secondary and boost on the other. I have a separate 
> charge controller so the original Lester control board is out of 
> the picture.  I know I'm trying to make this thing do something 
> that was never intended, and don't want to wreck it in the process. 
> The worst that can happen is to replace a couple of weak batteries, 
> I'm just cheap and looking for a simple hack I could do to get  
> around spending money right now.  A new pack is in my future, 
> just not my *immediate* future.  Thanks... 
>  
> 
> 
> ===>Mark
> 
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