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MEXICOWANDERER
Sep 27, 2018Explorer
Don I believe you would be infringing on Sola's magical voltage bandwidth regarding HYSTERESIS.
Needed elbow room to eliminate relay chattering.
Lag and over-run specs.
This is where the insanely heavy and large ferroresonant line regulators have the advantage over stepped transformer regulation.
For the simple entrance fee of bales of cash, a unit that weighs as much as a small piano, is as big as a footlocker and like a horse eats whether it's plowing or not...
My Sola, converts 70 to 160 volts to perfect 120 volts. No steps. Smooth as silks. It does hum. "Do I hear 'Money That's All I Want' in the hum?" Sure seems like it. The unit is beige, perforated with lots of holes and has scary rated capacitors that would be shocking to price out.
This 3 Kw military unit sells for in excess of seven thousand dollars today, adds about forty dollars to a hundred and sixty dollar electric bill and does not do a damned thing to clean up dirty electrical power.
Unh unh. That takes another type of transformer. An isolation transformer.
It's easier tossing all the sensitive electronics and going to bed with the chickens. Or using stuff with forgiving power bricks.
Needed elbow room to eliminate relay chattering.
Lag and over-run specs.
This is where the insanely heavy and large ferroresonant line regulators have the advantage over stepped transformer regulation.
For the simple entrance fee of bales of cash, a unit that weighs as much as a small piano, is as big as a footlocker and like a horse eats whether it's plowing or not...
My Sola, converts 70 to 160 volts to perfect 120 volts. No steps. Smooth as silks. It does hum. "Do I hear 'Money That's All I Want' in the hum?" Sure seems like it. The unit is beige, perforated with lots of holes and has scary rated capacitors that would be shocking to price out.
This 3 Kw military unit sells for in excess of seven thousand dollars today, adds about forty dollars to a hundred and sixty dollar electric bill and does not do a damned thing to clean up dirty electrical power.
Unh unh. That takes another type of transformer. An isolation transformer.
It's easier tossing all the sensitive electronics and going to bed with the chickens. Or using stuff with forgiving power bricks.
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