Re: dumb newbie question...looking for transformers

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Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Check eBay.  There are so many neon sign transformers
on there every day, they'll have to create a "Neon
Sign Transformer" category soon, I think :-)  You may
even find that there are some for sale in your area or
within driving distance so that you can spare yourself
the shipping charges (or at least spend them on gas
instead :-))

73,
Aaron, N7OE

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: Aaron Banerjee
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> I have kind of a dumb newbie question.  I haven't
> built a coil in years,
> but was wanting to make a table-top one.  I'm
> looking for a good source of
> transformers.  In this neck of the woods, there
> don't seem to be too many
> neon signs to pull transformers off of, and given
> the choice, I'd rather
> have a transformer with a little more umph to it
> anyway (e.g. 15kv @ 60mA
> or so).  Primary can be either 120 or 240 volts.
>                     - Aaron Banerjee
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