Re: 50kV xfmr

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com> 

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Subject: Re: 50kV xfmr


 > Original poster: Brett Miller <brmtesla2-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Ben,
 >
 > For a wicked jacob's ladder, I would suggest putting
 > together a quad mot stack in oil with a nice container
 > on casters.  Or if you can afford a pig...
 >
 > -Brett

...Or an x-ray transformer with the diodes removed so that it's output is
 >100kV AC. If you don't mind many 100's of lbs. of transformer, then a
decent sized x-ray tranformer plus external ballasting, then nothing beats
an x-ray tranny for an absolutely WICKED Jacob's ladder!
My 140 kVp, 500 mA Picker tranny will SELF-START a 12" arc!

David Rieben