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variac, dimmer switch?



Original poster: Devon Ferns <dferns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Can you use a dimmer switch to control the input voltage to a NST or is that just asking for trouble?
NST is probably going to be 30mA and 12kV that I can use for larger coils in the future, but the coil I'm building is probably considered really small. Based off of Derek Woodroffe's coil
http://www.roffesoft.co.uk/tesla/it/ikletess.htm


I'm asking if it's ok to use for this coil only. If so is it just in series with the input of the transformer or are there other things that are needed to be done?

I know if I was to run a large coil and try and use one it'd not be a good idea but for such a small one will it work?

Devon.