[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]

Re: low voltage



Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Subscriber: gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net Fri Jan  3 21:49:03 1997
> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 19:46:02 -0800
> From: Gary Weaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: low voltage
> 
> What is the lowest recomended voltage for the TC power supply transformer?  I
> have 2 transformer that are 2500 volts at 150 ma with a center tap. 120 vac
> on the primary.  Is 2500 volt too low?
> 
> Gary Weaver

This is getting into the range of toob coiling, but a small spark-gap
type coil can also still be operated off these. The trick would be to
make sure there's some current limiting, since these transformers are
probably not internally shunted like neons...

-- Bert --