neon trannie loading?

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• Subject: neon trannie loading?
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• Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 20:06:56 -0500
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From:  Jeff Corr [SMTP:corr-at-enid-dot-com]
Sent:  Saturday, June 20, 1998 1:33 PM
To:  tesla list
Subject:  neon trannie loading?

I got a flyer here from Franceformer saying that
neon transformers should be loaded to 75% to 85%
of the designated max. current.  Ex : a 30ma neon 
should be loaded to 24ma or 25ma.  If this was true,
would this not explain why tesla coils kill neons
fast?  (charging up the cap would be like a temporary
short, pulling much more than 25ma, right?)

Could this also be why resisitors in series with the
chokes help save neons?  Since adding resistors, I
have not ever lost a neon, and was getting very good
sparks.

Any thoughts?

Jeff Corr
2114 Monitor
Enid, OK 73703
http://www.harvestcomm-dot-net/personal/corr/

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