Re: New coiler, also in search of 15kv

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Original poster: "Chris Farmer" <cfarmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Dave,

I'm not sure about the GFI thing, what does that stand for?  The one 
I got looks relitively older and makes a pritty good jacobs ladder so 
I figure it would probably work for a coil... interesting though to 
hear that I got such a good deal on it though.

~Chris Farmer

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Subject: Re: New coiler, also in search of 15kv


> Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Chris,
>
> Well, you did well ;^) because there's usually considerable
> competition for the larger NSTs, especially the 15 kV ones
> and 15/60's do in fact usually end up around the $100 mark
> by the close of the auction, thanks to the last minute (literally)
> flurry of ebay snipers. All that I can say about your aquisition
> is that you obviously caught the competition "napping" and
> that you should consider yourself lucky. BTW, would this
> transformer of yours happen to be the newer GFI type?
> Coilers don't go as hot for the GFI type because the GFI
> feature renders them fairly useless for Tesla service unless
> you can figure out how to defeat the internal GFI circuitry.
>
> David Rieben