I Need Electrical Help!

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Original poster: "Drew Murray by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <drewallmighty-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Ok,
i know that my pt is going to suck up a lot of power, I know that it needs 
to be current limited, I know that i need a big line filter and a fast 
circuit breaker, but what are the do's and don'ts of operating a small pt on 
a tesla coil.
I have read allot about them, and i already have my control unit built and 
ready to use. I want to operate my coil on standard wall plug power, but the 
plugs can only handle 15a at the most. There are no 30a plugs anywhere in 
the school, except for in the shop for the welders. I thought about this 
problem for awhile and i think i have a solution. I haven't tried this yet 
but that's why i'm asking, so i will know if it will blow up in my face or 
not.
My plan was to take two extension cords and clip off the female connectors. 
i will then use a multimeter to test and see if the neutrals and the grounds 
are on the right wires. Sometimes i have noticed that the hot and the ground 
are mixed up on non professionally installed wall plugs. I plan on taking 
the hots and the grounds on the cords and connecting them together and 
attaching a length of 30a rated wire to them and using marettes to hold them 
together. This i think will allow 15a to flow through each cord and 30a 
through the bigger cord to my 120-240v step up transformer and then to my 
pt. I will be sort of sharing two 15 amp breakers to get 30 amps.
Is this possible or will i burn the school down? It may not be code but will 
it work? Somebody let me know before i go ahead and try it anyway!

                                                     Up here in Canada,
                                                     "Professor" Drew
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