Re: Large ferrite cores for SSTC work

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 5/12/02 1:51:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
>     I'm starting to resume my work on my solid state Tesla coils at
> the moment, and I am looking at getting in some large ferrite
> transformer cores for the main matching transformer. I've spoken
> to a few other people who are also after ferrite cores, so I
> thought I'd see if there is enough interest to organize a bulk
> buy. The core I've currently got in mind is at
> http://www.legion-elec.demon.co.uk/bigferritecore.gif it weighs
> in at about 760 grams and is likely to cost something in the
> region of £20 per 'U', that's probably going to work out at about
> $30.  If you're interested, let me know ( off list ) and if
> there's enough interest I'll speak to the suppliers and try to
> sort things out.
>
>             Steve
> -- 



Hi Steve,
        I'm responding on list because my question could affect the decision on
many people here. Living on the "left side" of the pond, would we be eaten
alive by S&H, tariffs etc?

Matt D.
G5-#12
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