GFI Neons

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Original poster: Scott Kraus <plymouth_4406@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi all,

 I know that there are several lines of thought on GFI neons use as 
is for Tesla coils.
I have had some work some not but one reason for defeating GFI 
protection is that it is the only thing wrong with the transformer.

I just picked up about 12 neons several worked but they were 6-9kv. 
Three others were all GFI Franceformers 12kv. @ 30ma. all had bad GFI 
boards. I clipped all the wires leading to the GFI card and hooked 
the black wire to the orange and orange/black wire (dual primary?) 
and the green wire to the blue and blue/white wire (low side or 
center tap leads for both h.v. windings). Ignore the switch and 
insulate the white wire.

Actown transformers have a terrible potting compound with small 
stones in them. On the ones I fixed you could hear a small relay pull 
in when you connected them to power. The relay contacts must be 
normally closed so all I had to do was dig at the compound where the 
wires disappeared into it to find the board and destroy enough parts 
on it untill the relay stopped pulling in. I have been using 3- 15kv 
@ 25ma. of  those for over a year now.


Scott