NST can't power Jacobs ladder!?

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• Subject: NST can't power Jacobs ladder!?
• From: Jan Florian Wagner <jwagner-at-cc.hut.fi> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 17:15:23 -0600
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Hi!

Am I missing something here, or is it really that NSTs can't power a
Jacobs ladder? Both of my 8kv 50ma NSTs rated 400VA did light an array of
neon tubes really bright as I tested them. Couldn't measure any
internal shorts and no "burn throughs" (at least not below 2000 MOhm)
in either NST - they seem perfectly ok !?

But the Jacobs ladder simply doesn't want to work. Just a dim, blueish
arc, that stays where it started (~4mm). Electrodes are perfectly clean.
NST centertap is grounded. The ladder did work nicely with a tiny TV
flyback...

I thought that at 50ma you should at least get some sort of small flame?

Any ideas?

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