What have I found, and can it be used for a Tesla Coil?

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• Subject: What have I found, and can it be used for a Tesla Coil?
• From: bob985-at-earthling-dot-net (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 13:08:06 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

I just salvaged two power supplies out of my school's junk heap and am
wondering if these can be used to power a Tesla Coil.

Here's what they read:

Lab-Volt model 37a Buck Engineering Co.
and connected to that is  Lab-Volt model 49

They both seem to be in working order. (tax payer's money at work here,
folks... )  :-)

The first one has a dial that controls  a voltage from 0-120V ac at 3.5
amps  to a couple of outlets.  This is the thing that cought my attention.
It also has other outputs, but I think, of anything in the system, this
would be ideal for a Tesla Coil. I've always heard of Variacs, and is this
one? 

Heck, I'd like to take out the 9kV 30ma NST of my current Tesla Coil and
pop in a 12kV 30ma one, but have been hesitant to because I've always heard
of people using variacs for more control... 



Thanks for any info.

-Nathaniel
Who's kinda new to this hobby.



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