Steve Roberts <osteven@en.com> wrote: > You might try a catalog for neon sign supplies, they use large tranformers to cook the tube during >processing, but the cost is going to set you back say 850 dollars for a rebuilt one >plus the choke needed to regulate current in the primary is going to cost another 200 or so. A friend of mine who does this uses a pole pig and a substation transformer (both power company surplus) hooked up backwards to give him 200kV at a few amps. He demonstrated it once for me -- drew a 3-4 foot arc with a wire hooked to the end of a 4-foot long glass rod. It was most impressive. ;-) >4. disturb the space time continum No, you need a flux capacitor and a Mr.Fusion to do that ... <BGB> "http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~lihan/" mailto:lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Date: 18 Jun 1996 19:49:58 GMT
Original Subject: Re: Building a Mains Transformer - HELP - 117VAC to 10,000VAC @ 400 MA