There are a few that will sell them in the la/orange county area… just type up a pair of release of liability forms.
That’s all I had to do.
> On Sep 8, 2016, at 2:53 PM, John Nelson <ybnormal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> We had a supplier of NSTs from one of the largest neon sign companies here in the Western US. They had piles of them in all different sizes and sold for $15.00. When I went back to get another one, they will not sell them to anyone anymore. Something about liability. They just throw them away. I have tried smaller neon stores, what is left of them, and the same thing. No go.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:47:46 +0100
>> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [TCML] UK Supplies
>>
>> Troy,
>>
>> Unfortunately there is no good, regular supplier of NST's and / or
>> OBITS in the UK that I know of.
>>
>> It would be well worth asking on the UK mailing list
>> tcbouklist-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:tcbouklist-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> for pre loved transformers
>> and you may get other answers from some of the other UK coilers who lurk
>> here to.
>>
>> All of my NST's have been from sign makers who have replaced neon
>> signs with LED, but even that supply has dried up recently. Might be
>> worth perusing though.
>>
>> OBits are still available and hunting around boiler manufacturers
>> for scrapped/replacement units is probably the way to go. Otherwise
>> there are plenty of MOT's out there.
>>
>> If you would like to meet other UK coilers I strongly suggest the
>> Cambridge teslathon
>> http://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/cambridge-teslathon/ at the end of
>> October.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Derek
>>
>> On 07-Sep-16 13:50, Chip Atkinson wrote:
>>> Re-posted on Troy's behalf.
>>> Chip
>>> -------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> It's been many, many years since I've posted to this list. I'm
>>> originally from Canada, and I built a number of coils there over the
>>> years, my first being in about 1998 or so... All of them have been
>>> OBIT and NST based SGTCs.
>>> Anyway, I moved to the UK about 6 years ago and I'm interested in
>>> putting together a small TC here. My first coil was with an OBIT and
>>> ideally that's what I'm thinking for this one... Or something around
>>> 200-300 watts. But where does one go to find high voltage transformers
>>> in this country? Neon Sign transformers seem to be very difficult to
>>> come by here. I've found some online sellers that seem to still be
>>> selling brand new non-electronic transformers but they're awfully
>>> expensive. It was easy to acquire used NSTs and OBITS back in Canada.
>>> I have not been able to find any on E-bay even... At least none that
>>> are located in the UK and rated for 230v.
>>>
>>> I've been considering a DRSSTC, but so far I've had limited success
>>> with sstcs... I'd like to put together a good old fashioned small SGTC
>>> first and then make another attempt at an SSTC or DRSSTC.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Troy.
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