Re: Ignition coils as high voltage sources

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Daniel Barrett by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dbarrett-at-clearcube-dot-com>
> 
>     This outfit sells smaller NE xfmrs directly, if this is helpful:
> http://www.neoncentral-dot-com/default.jsp?pageName=PS
> db
> 
> > I am in the beginning stages of building a smaller (under 100 watts
> anyway)
> > CO2 laser, and I am having a bear of a time trying to find a neon sign
> > transformer to run the thing with.

	Beware!  Those are "electronic" devices, and almost certainly won't
work for TC use.  Typically run a a high frequency (~40 kHz for the ones
I have seen.)

Ed