Re: High Voltage Transformer

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Original poster: NuclearFirestorm@xxxxxxx 

I'm after either surplus or new.  I hadn't heard of Peter Dahl.  I didn't 
know how maxwell chargers worked either.  I'm just trying to make the 
simplest half-wave rectifier possible.
Thanks for the pointer to Peter Dahl.

In a message dated 3/2/2005 1:19:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Tesla list" 
<tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>New or surplus?
>New.. companies like Peter H. Dahl will do one for you.  They probably have
>a catalog one that would work.
>Surplus.. you're on your own.  A pole transformer or potential transformer
>is your best bet, but heavy.
>
>Bear in mind that new systems use switchers running at >20kHz for capacitor
>charging.  Companies like Maxwell Technologies (in one of their current
>incarnations... physics international or general atomic) sell such things.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:20 AM
>Subject: High Voltage Transformer
>
>
> > Original poster: NuclearFirestorm@xxxxxxx
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm looking for a transformer and have had trouble finding what I'm
> > after.  I need a transformer with the following specs.
> >
> > Primary: 120 V
> > Secondary: 10 kV (anything a little higher is okay)
> > Power: around 2.5 kVA
> >
> > This is not for a tesla coil, it will be part of a capacitor charging
>power
> > supply.
> >
> > If anyone can point me to a distributor that offers this kind of
> > transformer I would be very grateful.
> >
> >
>
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