Re: HV transformers for sale

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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 5/23/01 7:24:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


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> Original poster: "Matt Shayka by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" < 
> flyboxboy-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
>
>
>
> I wonder what Customs would think on his third trip back 
> into the US... :-) 
>
> Matt Shayka 
> Geek#1127 G-1 


Hi Matt S! 
That's why you make a big loop like a trap line, picking up as many pigs as 
your truck will hold, you don't use the same P.O.E.twice, and if anyone asks, 
just say" Why shucks, it was such a nice day, Ah just left the farm to take 
mah pigs for some fresh air." ;-) 
Matt D. 

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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 5/23/01 10:48:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> >tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes: 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi All 
> > > 
> > > I have much empathy for HV enthusiasts searching for transformers. After 
> > > reacquiring my past interest in HV, I began a search for a free pole 
> >pig. In 
> > > my immediate area, I could not get one for free or for money. Living 
> >only a 
> > > four hour drive to T&R Electric, I went there and bought a pole pig for 
> > > $250. I appreciated that T&R Electric did not treat me like I was a mad 
> > > scientist. This was my initiation to the high expense of HV 
> >transformers. At 
> > > great cost I have acquired other HV transformers which had to be 
> >freighted. 
> > > Freighting charges = murder incorporated. I have quit buying 
> >transformers 
> > > because of freighting charges. Freighting charges have cured me of my 
> > > transformer mania. The final blow came from freighting charges on a PCB 
> >free 
> > > x-ray transformer. Here you have these wonderful transformers in 
> >Toronto, 
> > > especially the 20KV/16.5KVA. If you think that freighting charges in 
> the 
> >USA 
> > > are bad, then try out the charges in Canada--I did. Its a sorry 
> >situation 
> > > that only the wealthy, or those suffering from mania, will have a 
> chance 
> >to 
> > > get these transformers. The few HV transformers that make it to ebay 
> >sell 
> > > for outrageous prices, not including freighting. In the USA, where a 
> >million 
> > > pole pigs are sitting idle, I fully believe that most coilers will 
> never 
> >own 
> > > a pole pig. I wish there was a solution, but there is none. When my age 
> >of 
> > > divestment comes, I'm going to give my transformers away for free to 
> >coilers 
> > > willing to drive a reasonable distance. 
> > > 
> > > Godfrey Loudner 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >Hi Godfrey! 
> >         Prior to 1815, my great,great,great,great uncle made a living by 
> >buying clocks in Connecticut, transporting them by ox-cart to Northern 
> >Ohio, 
> >and selling them. How about borrowing a pickup truck and taking a Canadian 
> >Vacation? Take orders and make a circuit of the "haves" and the "wants". 
> >Seems like you could recoup the cost of the vacation in a matter of weeks 
> >as 
> >a "pig peddler". 
> >Just a thought, 
> >Matt D. 
> > 
> >