Re: Transformers

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

The best places to get NSTs are dumps... Really intelligent (and generous)
people seem to believe that when you break a sign the whol thing is
useless... I have found many a good NST this way! They are expensive to get
new, so always go for secondhand.

About Sam's design... very good system. I tried one of the coils from the
twin system and it wiorked very well. I would get a more powerful NST
though... 9/30 is a bit lame! Go for 9/60 or 12/60 if you can get it. Also,
you dont need a variac (IMHO). You can use a dimmer switch if you cant find
a variac. (I know people will tell me that a variable inductive supply such
as a variac is better than a variable resistive supply, but I find that I
can get more control from a dimmer :)

Regards,
Jason
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 12:07 AM
Subject: Transformers


> Original poster: "Ben Murrell by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> Does anyone know where I can acquire  A 9kV, 30mA (270W) Neon Sign
> Transformer? And a 1A variac with 15uF 60Hz power factor correction ? I am
> trying to recreate Sam Barro's work so I can begin on my own designs. This
> would help me alot.
> Thanks,
> Ben
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