Re: [TCML] pole xfmr - Information Unlimted

["Drake Schutt" <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>]

Does the owner of IU not subscribe to the list?  Maybe he'd like to chime in
but I'm going to have to agree with Timka on this one.  Back when I was a TC
noob I bought some plans off of IU and they were first of all TERRIBLE.
Secondly, they required you buy most of the components from them
(conveniently), and they also gave no real tips as to how to build some of
the parts nor assemble them!

my 0.02
drake

On Dec 5, 2007 4:09 PM, Timka <tomasdoc2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Information Unlimited is a well known rip off company that has a nasty
> habit of charging unreasonable and enormous fees for trivial plans and parts
> that you can get elsewhere at the fraction of the cost.
>  Also, for those who happened to buy their "plans", by now you would know
> that they hide certain components under the veil of proprietary design such
> as simple wood wound chokes and mini transformers which they sell for big
> bucks but can be made easily if specks are provided (usually presented as
> part #16546whatever, available from IU for $$$$). This also applies pretty
> much for every electronic part they sell, and as I understand, they make
> most of their money by selling to those who are novice to electronics, don't
> know good sources of parts or don't have time, skills and tools to put
> everything together.
>  Oh yes, almost forgot, their assembly job sucks. In 1997 I gave our HS
> physics teacher catalog and he ordered something out of it preassembled, he
> had to resend it back because unit looked like it was assembled by a blind
> handicapped person with hands growing out of his ass.
>  I would avoid Information Unlimited like a plague…
>
>
>
>
>
> resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> I sell 14.4 kV 10 kVA for $160
>
> Dr. Resonance
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Oxandale"
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List"
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:58 AM
> Subject: RE: [TCML] pole xfmr
>
>
> I believe they can be had (5-10 KVA size at that voltage) for 1/3 of
> that, but that would not include any freight. Sources elude me at this
> time though.
>
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Clive Hansen
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:51 AM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] pole xfmr
>
> Hello,
> Does anybody know how much is a good price to pay for a 14kv pole
> pig? This is purely academic. I'm planning my next coil. Information
> Unlimted sells one for $895 (USD) but this seems really high.
>
> -Clive
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