Re: Miniature Tesla Coil???

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Subject: Re: Miniature Tesla Coil???
From: rickh-at-ghgcorp-dot-com (Rick Holland)
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:41:17 -0600
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>Ted Payne,
>My son and I are in the process of building a Mini-Tesla.  We're using the
>transformer from a bug zapper for the Hi V side.  One problem We've
>encountered is no specs on the coil.  The box is labled as 7W, but this could
>be 3.5KV and 20 ma or 2KV at 30ma.  <snip>

        I once disassembled a bug zapper and found the output of the transformer
to be a little over 300V. From there, it went into a doubler circuit to the
grid.
I think your wattage rating is in transformer current more than voltage.
BTW, the 
transformer had a neon lamp in series with the primary for current limiting and 
perhaps for power factor correction as well. Of course, this is from a single
experience. Your circumstances might be different.


Rick Holland
The answer is 42.