Re: Neon Xfmr Pricing

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Subject: Re: Neon Xfmr Pricing
From: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com (jim fosse)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 96 23:40 PST
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>>From DELCOKEVIN-at-aol-dot-com Tue Feb 20 20:14 MST 1996
>From: DELCOKEVIN-at-aol-dot-com
>

>>I called an owner of a neon sign shop I know and he
>>wanted $30 for a used 15KV 60ma transformer.
>>
>>                        jim
>>
>>
>
>I recently picked up 6 15kv 30ma neon's for $50, not  sure when I will
>implement them, but I am a hopeless packrat. If you could afford it, I
>recommend picking all of them up. Who knows, when you are retired you may
>make a tesla coil for all the grandkids!
>
>                                 Kevin M. Conkey
>
Kevin,
        Monday I went to the sign shop to pick up the neon. He took it out,
check it, I handed him $40. I didn't have change, he didn't have change. I
asked him how much 15Kv wire I could get to $10. He pointed to to his scrap
bin and said with a smile: all you can carry! I didn't, only 60 or 70 feet.
On my way out I asked him if he had any bad xformers. he call 2 of his crew
over ... I walked out with 2 15KV 60ma and 1 15Kv 30ma xformers and wire.
When I got home all three xformers check out GOOD! Since then, a friend at
work gave me 2 1000watt metal halogen lighting xformers, which are shunt
limited just like a neon. I've gone from 0KV to many in three days, and from
inches spark to 2' streamers on my TC. Now all I have to do is get a bigger
box for all my xformers. I used to have 2 or so cubic feet of low power
transformers, but the neons just wiped out that volumn. Pack rat heaven!

                                jim