Re: [TCML] In Need of a 15Kv 30mA NST

["Paul Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Four microwave oven transformers (MOT) work fine. When I was active several 
years back, there was quite a bit of discussion about this. There were a 
couple of people who were using 4 MOT's with a center ground and 2 on each 
side for about 8kV. They usually ran them submerged in oil but there was one 
person who ran theirs in air.

IIRC, they rectified the output to DC and used DC resonant charging, as 
explained so thoroughly on Richie Burnett's web site. I think one person who 
did this was Mark Dunn, I think, who at least had a web site at one time 
with great photos of his coil and a really good description and explantion 
of the enire setup. Unfortunately, I can't find the web site right now. I 
will look in my records and see if I can locate more inofrmation about this 
and using MOT's.

By the way, microwave ovens can be had for free, if you go and ask for dead 
ones at almost any appliance repair company. I used to visit a couple of 
repair outfits here and they would let me go get them out of their dumpster. 
I had eleven of them once but my wife put an end to that real quick!
Paul
Think Positive


----- Original Message ----- 
From: S&JY
To: 'Tesla Coil Mailing List'
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 00:04
Subject: RE: [TCML] In Need of a 15Kv 30mA NST


Please give your location.  Shipping costs can be a major part of your total
cost.

Have you tried neon sign companies in your area?  They may sell you one
cheap or give one to you if you tell them it is for an experimental project.

6 Microwave Oven Transformers in series and under oil is another possibility
that will give you much better coil performance than a NST.
Steve Y.

-----Original Message-----
From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Brandon Hendershot
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:29 PM
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TCML] In Need of a 15Kv 30mA NST

Hello,
My Transco 15000 Volt 30mA Neon Sign Transformer has been half dead for many
years, and I need to replace it. Now, I already looked pretty deep for a way
to fix it, but it's unfortunately encased in epoxy resin... Anyways, I've
checked all over eBay and Google Shopping and even craigslist, none to be
found that aren't already at, or aren't heading very quickly into the triple
digits. Getting to the point, does anybody have a transformer that they'd
sell me or know of a place that I could get one for under $100.00?
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