Re: Mini Transformers - Any good for Tesla use?

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I looked inside a bug zapper once. It contained a
shunted, core & coil type transformer a little smaller
than a deck of playing cards. It was rated 4kvac at
(?) I forget how many ma--10 or 20 perhaps? Anyhow, a
pair of these in series and appropriately phased would
give you 8kvac, with no solid state electronics
required. New bug zappers can be had for as little as
$15 at Wal-Mart. Used ones are free at the landfill
and nearly free at yard sales.

Cheers,

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry
 > Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi everybody,
 > I have been thinking about making a micro spark gap
 > coil and the hardest
 > thing is finding a micro sized power supply. I
 > recently ran across some
 > small HV transformers on information unlimited's
 > website that looked like
 > they might be useful,(
 >
<http://www.amazing1-dot-com/voltage.htm>http://www.amazing1-dot-com/voltage.htm
 >
 > scroll down to the bottom) the best one they have
 > puts out 7000 volts at 10
 > ma, which would be perfect for something this small,
 > but the output
 > frequency is around 30-50 khz. Anyone think these
 > things could work even
 > though they are at such a high frequency? What would
 > happen to the tank
 > capacitance? Thanks again.
 >
 >
 > -Chris
 >
 >
 >


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Gregory R. Hunter

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