RE: Very HV transformers

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Original poster: "Stephen Mathieson" <s.mathieson-at-charter-dot-net> 

Sometimes these transformers are on e-bay, sometimes they can be scavenged
from scrap equipment.

It takes as little as 5mA to stop the heart so a 15KV/30mA neon sign
transformer can kill you just as dead as a 90KV x-ray xfmr. They are all
used pretty much the same way...VERY CAREFULLY.

Stephen A. Mathieson

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Subject: Very HV transformers

Original poster: pepperman-at-softhome-dot-net

I've seen several people mention getting various HV transformers
that come from unusual sources (e.g. from X-ray machines).  How
do you manage to get ahold of these (I'm especially wondering who
you ask), and how much do you usually pay for them--or do you
somehow scavenge them?  Also, how do you use transformers
with such incredibly high voltage for Tesla work, if you do?  (I
remember a mention of a 90 kV transformer at one point!)

Michael Johnson