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Re: deceptive transformer



Original poster: "Richard Modistach" <hambone-at-dodo-dot-com.au> 

check out the smoke coming off the joiner. :O

regards
richard
aus
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From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: deceptive transformer


 > Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net>
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 > A bit of macabre humor on ebay is shown at
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 > http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3805950083.
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 > The transformer is partially hidden from view,
 > making it hard for the inexperienced to
 > recognize it as a mot. The picture is
 > designed to focus attention on the arc,
 > not the transformer. Hype comes into
 > play: "its controlled by an X-ray
 > variac".
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 > This time the identity of bidders is hidden.
 > Now its is impossible to warn buyers that
 > they are being taken for a walk in the woods.
 > The mot sold for $66.55, while other sellers
 > offering mots were ignored. Awhile back, the
 > same seller got almost $100 for a mot.
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 > Godfrey Loudner
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