Re: Finding the illusive NST

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Finding the illusive NST
From: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 23:22:56 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: AuroraOne-at-webtv-dot-net
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> It may be a common experience, but I am having an enormous amount of
> diffculty finding a neon sign transformer.  I live in California, and
> for some reason, that sort of thing is just incredibly hard to come by
> here.  I have tried searching the internet, and maybe I'm just not
> looking in the right places, but I haven't had any luck finding a
> transformer at a reasonable price.
> I have also searched through the telephone book for any listings I could
> find for neon lighting repair shops.  Not surprisingly, that has turned
> up absolutely nothing!  It seems as though neon lighting just isn't a
> prevelent thing here.  (Maybe I should try looking in Las Vegas!)  The
> only place I found which may carry an NST wanted $180 for it!  I was
> hoping I might be able to find a used or surplus transformer at a cheap
> price.  What am I to do?
>      Can anyone help me locate an NST, or perhaps have a used one they
> would be willing to part with at a reasonable price?
> Thanks!
> 
> Chris T.

Chris:

	Did you look under SIGNS in the phone book?  Here in the LA area there
are lots of shops making neon signs, and prices seem to vary at the whim
of the owner from as little as 20 bucks to as much as 50, depending on
the size of the case.  You do better if you visit them in person.

Ed