Best ones can be found on eBay.
Cheers
Brian
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> On Sep 9, 2016, at 2:13 AM, DUNCAN R <duncanra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Try londongoods.co.uk for NSTs
>
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> 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-----
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>>> 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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