Re: new member

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Original poster: "Christoph Bohr" <cb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello Steve.

Congrats go your new hobby!
Your transformer is really a bit on the low end
regarding to output voltage, but it should work
with a small tesla coil. The spark gap setting is
a bit more critical and if you can find another
transformer with higher voltage I would use
this instead, but I guess for a start it will be OK.
You can still overdrive it with a variac to gain
some voltage.
If you aren't to impatient, collect the rest first
and see what comes your way.
A nice coil with only a 4KV transformer can
be seen here ( hey my 2nd reference to Mr. Lau
in under 30 minutes )

Good luck

Christop Bohr

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Subject: new member


> Original poster: STEVE TANDY <stevexxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi all ive just started collecting bits to make a tesla coil and have
> located a neon sign transformer but the output voltage seems a bit low.
> its a diemme typ 6025 sec 3.0kv 25/32.5ma  input is 220/230. is this
> going to be enough to work a tesla coil?.
> perhaps i could modify it in some way? what do you guys think
> thanks
> steve
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