RE: [TCML] DC SGTC charging inductor

["Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure - OBITs are used in smaller coils. (Oil Burner Ignition Transformer) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 05:34
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] DC SGTC charging inductor
> 
> Hey David,
> 
> I found a couple of old oil furnaces at a customer's 
> business. Can I put 
> those ignitors to good use?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> 
> On 2/24/2013 11:41 PM, Dave Halliday wrote:
> > And keep the ad running week after week after week.
> >
> > I got one or two the first couple of weeks and then the 
> torrent opened up
> > and I got 30 the next month.  These advertisements take 
> time to percolate.
> >
> > Hey Fred -- you know that junker microwave you have in your 
> garage? Well, I
> > just saw this ad...
> >
> > There are a lot of other cool things to salvage -- some of 
> the interiors are
> > stainless steel (generally older units), there are some 
> heating elements,
> > relays, microswitches, small motors, fans. Lots of good 
> stuff for free.
> > Usually, it's the "brains" that stop working -- most 
> everything else is just
> > fine. A lot of the ovens use 'security' screws to prevent 
> the casual home
> > owner from breaking into where the lethal voltages are.  
> You can get a set
> > of driver bits from Harbor Freight:
> >
> > http://www.harborfreight.com/100-piece-security-bit-set-68457.html
> >
> > On sale now for just under ten bucks and you will use it on 
> a lot of other
> > stuff in the future (it has a lot of standard driver bits 
> as well as the
> > security bits).
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Danniken
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 17:18
> >> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> >> Subject: Re: [TCML] DC SGTC charging inductor
> >>
> >> I picked up a lot of my MOs between craigslist and 
> freecycle, with a
> >> dozen or so from the local MO repair shop (when such a 
> thing actually
> >> existed).  If you post a wanted ad for "Microwaves: dead or
> >> alive", you
> >> will find yourself with a ready supply within a reasonable
> >> amount of time.
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 02/24/2013 02:36 PM, Dave Halliday wrote:
> >>> There is a local bi-weekly newspaper that offers free ads
> >> for personal
> >>> buying and selling (they make their money selling
> >> commercial advertising).
> >>> I posted an ad (under the appliances heading) for a couple
> >> months and wound
> >>> up getting about 40 dead ovens.
> >>>
> >>> Also, I never followed through with this but you might also
> >> want to check
> >>> with local hotels and motels. They generally have a
> >> microwave in each room.
> >>> Explain to the manager that you are a starving student and
> >> need to use these
> >>> for a "science project" and see what happens.
> >>>
> >>> Dave
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Speck
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 13:15
> >>>> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> >>>> Subject: Re: [TCML] DC SGTC charging inductor
> >>>>
> >>>> Speak for yourself, Tesla  ;o)
> >>>>
> >>>> Around here, the local waste transfer station won't let 
> me take old
> >>>> microwaves any more, 'cause they say that their scrap 
> value is too
> >>>> high.  Only time I can snag an old MWO is if I see one that
> >>>> someone has
> >>>> left illegally at the curb on trash day, and even then, they
> >>>> don't last
> >>>> long.
> >>>>
> >>>> On top of that, the newest ovens use high frequency solid
> >>>> state inverter
> >>>> circuitry and a small coil resembling a glorified TV flyback
> >>>> transformer
> >>>> instead of the old big iron MOTs.  Utterly useless for TC
> >>>> applications.
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