Re: Bug zappers

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Matt Shayka by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <flyboxboy-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> Yeah, i just started t get the tar out of one this weekend so i can get to
> the shunts. It gives 4kV and 9mA, so you get 36w out of it.

	If you use it with a resonant ("matched") capacitor of about 0.006 mfd
you can draw a lot more powr without removing the shunts.  If you open
the gap too far you can go looking for another transformer.

Ed