how much power do you need?

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Original poster: "Pholp Smiff by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <kawanze-at-hotmail-dot-com>

i sent this message a while ago but it never seemed to get posted. anyway...

How big of a transformer/power source do you need to get nice arcs that you 
can actually see during the day and are relatively thick. I don't mean in 
broad daylight, but streamers that are visible without the environment 
having to be pitch black. My first coil was 12kv-at-60ma and at first i didn't 
think it was working, until the sun started to set and i realized that there 
actually were faint streamers coming off the top.

How do MOTs compare to NSTs for this purpose?

thanks -

Phillip smith (baton rouge,LA)
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