Re: 220V transformers on 120V?

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi Ian,

To answer your questions: yes and yes. 2:1
transformers are not hard to find. New ones are a bit
over priced, but surplus ones are pretty cheap. I gave
$50 for a collection of six well used 240:120
transformers of various sizes when I lived in the UK.
I ran my whole household with them. I think I only
have one left that accidentally got packed up with my
household goods when I relocated to the US.

Regards,

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-ian-dot-org>
> 
> I bought a 15kV neon transformer without noticing it
> was 220V until I opened it up.
> 
> Can I just get a voltage converter and run it off
> that?
> 
> If I give it 120V will I get half the voltage out of
> it?
> 
> Thanks, folks.
> 
> --
> Ian Smith
> www.ian-dot-org
> www.sportsmogul-dot-com
> 
>