solid state nst?

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Original poster: Frosty <frosty90@xxxxxxxxx>

im new to this mailing list and fairly new to tesal coiling and i 
live in australia.
ive built two small tesla coils so far (very small cheap and dirty, 
because i dont have much money to spend on such things). most of my 
parts have been salvage from old tvs, microwaves etc. i recieved a 
small nst from a friend a couple of years ago (6000v 30mA), but i 
cant get it to work with my tesla coil. I was previously using a 
ignition coil and any thing from saltwater capacitors to a bank of 
3kV ceramics. The Nst seems to be a solid state inverter or something 
because it isnt heavy enough to be an actual transformer. a am 
guessing that it works like a flyback or something like that, but i 
havent got an oscilloscope or any thing to see exactly what its giving out.

has anyone ever seen these before?
can they be used for a tesla coil?
 if any one out there knows the answers, they would be much appreciated!!

thanks