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Re: dumb newbie question...looking for transformers

Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Aaron,

Microwave oven transformers (MOT) can be useful also. You would need to use a pair of them, and voltage double the output to get enough to reliably fire the gap. There is plenty of info in the archives.

David E Weiss

Original poster: Aaron Banerjee <spam_proof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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