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Re: neon plunder!
Subject:
Re: neon plunder!
Date:
Sat, 05 Apr 1997 22:09:49 -0800
From:
Roderick Maxwell <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
To:
Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
References:
1
Tesla List wrote:
>
> Subject:
> Re: neon plunder!
> Date:
> Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:17:37 -0500
> From:
> "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens-at-headwaters-dot-com>
> To:
> Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>
> > Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 23:26:44 -0600
> > To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: neon plunder!
> > From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>
> > Subject:
> > neon plunder!
> > Date:
> > Wed, 02 Apr 1997 21:42:11 -0800
> > From:
> > Roderick Maxwell <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
> > To:
> > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > References:
> > 1
> >
> >
> > I have to admit that I got jeleous of Nathan Bonsal when he said he was
> > rebuilding 7 neons. So I went to Jackson today which is about 80 miles
> > from where I live. The nearest town is vicksburg which is 30 miles
> > away(I,m a hick I live in the country). Vicksburg has only one small
> > neon shop, and I already paid him a visit, that is how I got the other
> > 4
> > transformers. I found another much larger shop in Jackson, one of
> > several others. I asked the man in charge could I have some neon
> > transformers for a science project, and I told him I wanted only the
> > bad
> > ones. He looked sort of puzzled for a moment then he asked me how many
> > I
> > wanted. I told him how many you got? Well I've got a whole pile of them
> > out back and I'll charge you a dollar each. I told him okay. So one of
> > the other men that works in the back showed me a pile about three foot
> > high! He tells me if the boss don't see ya take as many as you want! So
> > I grabbed about 23 total. I could have gotten more but the minivans
> > springs were sitting kind of low! Heres what I grabbed.
> >
> > 13 MAGNATEK 15,000 30ma
> >
> > 4 FRANCEFORMER 15,000 30ma
> >
> > 1 MAGNATEK 15,000 60ma
> >
> > 1 JEFFERSON ELECTRIC 15,0000 30ma
> >
> > 1 TRANSCO 12,000 30ma
> >
> > 3 ????? 12,000 60ma
> >
> > The last 3 transformers I can't identify but they have two large
> > glass
> > socketed holes with springs inside on one end to connect to the neon
> > tubing.
> >
> > And get this, he said come back and get some more if you want.(
> > cross
> > my heart and hope to die)!
> >
> > Frankensteins Helper
> > Max
> >
> >
> Congratulations Max,
>
> That is a very good price for scrap transformers. You do have your
> work cut out for you now though.
>
> Cheers,
> rwstephens
Yes I certainly do! I have already spent $30 more on special rubber
gloves to protect my hands from gasoline. I estimate it will probably be
next fall before I'm finished cleaning up, and reassembling all of them.
Frankensteins Helper
Max