RE: T&R Electric - No More...

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Areason to innovate...

>So let's not panic just yet...  If we could not get pole pigs tomorrow, we 
>would probably think of something far far better the day after...  Loosing 
>a supplier of a part is just fuel for innovation ;-))  I have seen a 
>number of vendors "stop" supplying something only to return later after 
>changing their mind.  We simply tell them - Sorry, "you" were designed 
>"out"...  So far, it seems we have plenty of pole transformers floating 
>around...  Often, all it takes to get a big transformer is asking around, 
>a truck, and a few strong friends...
>
>While we may need more than "sticks, a few rocks, and a squirrel" to build 
>a Tesla coil, we don't "need" transformers from T&R.

Hmmm.. inverter based microwave oven power supplies spring to mind... 1 kW 
-at- a couple kV DC..