Re: Salvaging blower/fan for spark gap

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Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz" <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

Michael,

I've picked up two upright vacuum cleaners in the last couple of months 
right in my own neighborhood that looked almost new.  One needed a belt and 
the other hade some wiring problems.  Neither problem got in the way of my 
plans for them.  :-)

Mark Stolz
Pearland, TX
http://teslacoils4christ-dot-org/

>Original poster: pepperman-at-softhome-dot-net
>
>Hmm, I guess vacuum motors, along with some of the other sundry
>things Jan mentioned (thanks!), sound like they'd work well.  I'd
>actually considered vacuums, but thought surely if people were
>throwing them out it would be because they didn't work; however,
>after reconsidering, it makes sense that a bunch would still have
>working motors.
>
>Michael Johnson
>