Re: Input voltage minimum

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
 >
 > Can anyone tell me what would be considered near the minimum voltage that
 > would be feasible to use for the supply transformer?
 > I have heard of people using 9KV  Any one ever use a 6KV or even a 4KV?
 >
 > This is all in regards to a classic design (disruptive I think is the
 > term?).  not solid state or magnifiers etc.

I have used only a 5 kV 30 mA NST for several types of systems.
It's more than enough for good results at relatively low power.
http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/tesla/tefp.html

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz