Rebuilding an OBIT

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Original poster: "S.Gaeta by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>

Hi All,

I have a 10KV, 23mA OBIT that burned out in furnace duty last Winter. I
finally got around to depotting it and found that the only part of the
secondary that was any good is the bobbin. I am in the process of rewinding
it with 34 AWG wire (much thicker than what was on there before!). I am
designing it to give me about 5KV total. I chose the 34 AWG because it looks
like the same diameter wire that they used on a 12/60 that I also depotted.
My goal is to get 60mA out of this thing.
My question is: How much current can I get out of this thing before the core
saturates and gives me grief. A lot of folks have written about knocking
shunts out of NSTs, but has any one else ever tinkered with OBIT cores?

Thanks,
Sue