Re: Filters & Chokes

["Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

> a spark gap oscillator).  Just run your NST wide open
> to start with.  Later, if you feel you must have a
> range of power control, you can spring for the price
> of a variac.


Or run light bulbs in series with the primary of the NST.  A 25W lightbulb
will nicely limit the voltage, and as you get braver, you can put in higher
and higher wattage bulbs (when you get to 100W, you might as well go full
bore).