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http://www.londongoods.co.uk/fart-neon-transformer-253750ma-112-p.asp

Gordon Bennet!

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From: Tesla [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DUNCAN R
Sent: 09 September 2016 08:13
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Subject: Re: [TCML] UK Supplies

Try londongoods.co.uk for NSTs

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Sent: ‎09/‎09/‎2016 05:33
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Subject: Re: [TCML] UK Supplies

There are a few that will sell them in the la/orange county area…  just type
up a pair of release of liability forms.
That’s all I had to do.



> On Sep 8, 2016, at 2:53 PM, John Nelson <ybnormal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> We had a supplier of NSTs from one of the largest neon sign companies here
in the Western US.  They had piles of them in all different sizes and sold
for $15.00.  When I went back to get another one, they will not sell them to
anyone anymore.  Something about liability.  They just throw them away.  I
have tried smaller neon stores, what is left of them, and the same thing.
No go.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:47:46 +0100
>> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [TCML] UK Supplies
>>
>> Troy,
>>
>>     Unfortunately there is no good, regular supplier of NST's and / 
>> or OBITS in the UK that I know of.
>>
>>     It would be well worth asking on the UK mailing list 
>> tcbouklist-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:tcbouklist-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> for pre loved 
>> transformers and you may get other answers from some of the other UK 
>> coilers who lurk here to.
>>
>>     All of my NST's have been from sign makers who have replaced neon 
>> signs with LED, but even that supply has dried up recently. Might be 
>> worth perusing though.
>>
>>    OBits are still available and hunting around boiler manufacturers 
>> for scrapped/replacement units is probably the way to go. Otherwise 
>> there are plenty of MOT's out there.
>>
>>     If you would like to meet other UK coilers I strongly suggest the 
>> Cambridge teslathon 
>> http://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/cambridge-teslathon/ at the end 
>> of October.
>>
>>     Cheers
>>         Derek
>>
>> On 07-Sep-16 13:50, Chip Atkinson wrote:
>>> Re-posted on Troy's behalf.
>>> Chip
>>> -------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> It's been many, many years since I've posted to this list. I'm 
>>> originally from Canada, and I built a number of coils there over the 
>>> years, my first being in about 1998 or so... All of them have been 
>>> OBIT and NST based SGTCs.
>>> Anyway, I moved to the UK about 6 years ago and I'm interested in 
>>> putting together a small TC here. My first coil was with an OBIT and 
>>> ideally that's what I'm thinking for this one... Or something around
>>> 200-300 watts. But where does one go to find high voltage 
>>> transformers in this country? Neon Sign transformers seem to be very 
>>> difficult to come by here. I've found some online sellers that seem 
>>> to still be selling brand new non-electronic transformers but 
>>> they're awfully expensive. It was easy to acquire used NSTs and OBITS
back in Canada.
>>> I have not been able to find any on E-bay even... At least none that 
>>> are located in the UK and rated for 230v.
>>>
>>> I've been considering a DRSSTC, but so far I've had limited success 
>>> with sstcs... I'd like to put together a good old fashioned small 
>>> SGTC first and then make another attempt at an SSTC or DRSSTC.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Troy.
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