Re: 220V transformers on 120V?

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Original poster: "Peter Komen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <pkomen-at-zianet-dot-com>

There are often various sizes of transformers on eBay with primary of
480x240 and secondary of 240x120.  These could be wired backwards and feed
your NST with 2 times your wall voltage.

Regards,

Pete Komen
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Subject: 220V transformers on 120V?


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