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RE:- Parts search
Subject: RE:- Parts search
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:22:10 +0500
From: "Alfred A. Skrocki" <alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
On Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:03:15 GMT Robert Michaels
<robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org> wrote;
> T>I recently went on a search for all the necesary parts. I had to go
> T>out way in the country to a neon sign shop operating out of garage.
> T>For 1o dollars I got a perfectly good neon transformer that was
> T>capable of throwing up to 12 foot arcs if used the right way.
> T>I haven't tryed it yet though.
>
> Yeh, yeh, that's pretty standard performance. Using a
> ball park figure of about 1-million volts per 6-ft. of
> arc length, your 12-foot arcs would equate to about
> 2-million volts.
>
> That's about what we usually get from your basic $10
> neon transformer. Just plug 'er in and let those 12-ft.
> arcs rip - assuming you...eh..."use it the right way",
> of course.
>
> Midnight toking in - Detroit, USA
>
> Robert Michaels
>
> P.S.: Whatever it is you've been smoking - any chance you
> can get me a kilo of it?
Robert I think you missed his point - he was being humorous, what he
meant was if this neon transformer was used properly as in a well
designed Tesla coil it would possibly yield 12 foot sparks. I must
admit though I have never seen nor heard of anyone getting more than
a 6 foot discharge from a single neon transformer {15KV/6O ma.}!
I would love to see the design that would yield a 12 foot discharge
from a single neon transformer!
Sincerely
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