Re: photocopier transformers

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Original poster: "David Kronstein by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <david_kronstein-at-telus-dot-net>

My first coil used a photocopier transformer. I think it was something like
6Kv at a few mA. It charged a wine bottle cap and ran at around 5 BPS, and
this whole setup gave me 1" arcs.

I've never seen one like you're talking about, maybe they meant several
hundred uA instead of mA?

David

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Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 7:14 AM
Subject: photocopier transformers


> Original poster: "J Whyte by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> Someone once told me....photocopier transformers are similar to MOT's but
> output around 5 kV at several hundred mA's. I not sure if that
> correct?......I can't imagine photocopiers needing a huge power supply
like
> that!
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> Anybody know???
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