Re: Getting NSTs

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Robert,

The last time I looked on ebay, a 9kV/30Ma was going for $1.00 :-))

Search ebay for "tesla transformer".  The most desirable types go for
pretty good money (like 50+ bucks).  Smaller ones go for very reasonable
prices and they don't have that big of shipping costs...

"Retail" prices of NSTs are very high.  Whole sale prices are very
reasonable.  The trick is finding a "friendly" shop that will give you a
really good deal.  Many times, they only send back the name plate to get
that warranty money back and they toss the rest of the transformer in the
trash...

I have had pretty good luck contacting the manufacturers and asking for a
local suppliers of their brand.  The manufacturers tend to recommend "nice"
places...  I have found that ACTown has very good local distributors that
are very happy to sell the products at reasonable prices.

The Internet also has a number of places to by NSTs but the shipping is
going to be like $30 for these iron bricks.  Maybe worth it...  I always
like "new" as opposed to used NSTs since here in CO the climate tends to
kill things like NSTs pretty fast...

Cheers,

	Terry


At 08:28 PM 7/19/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>i have a slight dilema regarding nst's. I recently walked down to the
>neon sign shop in my town and asked about trannies. i told them that i
>was working on a tesla coil, and needed an XFMR. First I asked about
>used ones, and they didn't have anything and said they rarely get ones.
>then i asked about broken ones that i might be able to fix. they flat
>out refused to give me any because they could get money by collecting
>the warranty on them by sending them back to the manufacturer. then i
>just asked about the price on new ones. this was a big shock. they
>charge almost $200 for a new 15/60 and $130 for a new 15/30. is there
>anywhere else i can get some NST's for under $100? thanks a lot,
>Robert
>