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Re: Store Bought Coils

Hi Timothy,

	Those plasma globes are run by little anemic flyback HV circuits.  The
circuit is worth about $3.  Wouldn't even make a good ant zapper... Hardy
close to the Tesla coils we all love. ;-)

Cheers,
	
	Terry


At 01:41 PM 8/29/00 -0400, you wrote:
>After reading these posts for a few months and the recent thread about the
>difficulties of making a coil, It occurred to me that I might be better off
>purchasing one of the "Plasma" globes (sold in several novelty stores, Radio
>Shack, Wal-Mart, Meijers, Spencer Gifts, etc.), taking it apart and seeing
what
>can be done with it.  Has anyone else done this?  Is it a real "Tesla Coil" or
>just a HV source with a exotic gas globe attached to it?
>
>Just some musings.
>
>T  τΏτ¬
>