Re: x-ray xfrmer for spark gap TC was, tube coils

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

In a message dated 10/11/01 8:15:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

David,

In one test, I removed one of the secondaries from an x-ray
transformer, and put the primaries in series instead of parallel,
and ran it on 120 volts instead of 240 volts, all to reduce the
voltage.  It then gave a 48" spark.  It was a dental x-ray unit.

Cheers,
John

> Hi John, Dave, 
>  
>  I've often wondered about the feasability of an x-ray tranny 
>  powered Tesla system. Not only would the spark gap have 
>  to be "reinvented", but the requirements of the primary cap 
>  would also be truly enormous. I have posession of a 140 kV, 
>  500 mA x-ray tranny that tips the scales at nearly 1000 lbs 
>  and the thought has crossed my mind that this would power 
>  one heckuva Tesla coil!
>  David Rieben 
>