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Re: Testing Neon Transformer
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Subject: Re: Testing Neon Transformer
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From: Thomas McGahee <tom_mcgahee@sigmais.com>
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:52:55 -0500
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Subscriber: tom_mcgahee@sigmais.com Tue Jan 28 23:11:45 1997
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> From: Tesla List <tesla@poodle.pupman.com>
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> Subject: Testing Neon Transformer
> Date: Tuesday, January 28, 1997 12:25 AM
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> Subscriber: xtal@airmail.net Mon Jan 27 21:58:34 1997
> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 04:01:01 GMT
> From: David Christal <xtal@airmail.net>
> To: Tesla-list-subscribers@poodle.pupman.com
> Subject: Testing Neon Transformer
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> Hi Folks,
> I'm new to this list so please forgive me for not being able to search
> past threads.
> I have a 9,000V 25ma neon transformer that I believe works. Any
> recommended testing methods?
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> Thanks in advance.
> David Christal 3341 Cloverdale Lane, Dallas, TX 75234
> 214 349-6972 (214 FIX MY PC) (Pool Cues and Personal Computers)
David,
If by testing you mean, see if it works, here is the simplest way I know.
It is what the people at the sign shop do to test the transformers before
giving them to me. They attach a good sturdy insulated wire to the case of
the ttransformer, plug it in, and draw arcs off off the HV terminals. First
time I saw it I almost choked, but the sign guy said the transformers are
designed to take such abuse because of the magnetic shunts used in their
construction.
Fr. Tom McGahee