Some of the serious "coilers" use pole transformers ("pole pigs") backwards
to drive the input to their Tesla coil! In other words, they set them up so
that they feed 240VAC into their secondary and get 11kV or so out of their
primary!

Safety issues abound with such a set-up.

Sean


On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 8:31 PM, David VanHorn <microbrix@gmail.com> wrote:

> :(  Sounds big and inefficient.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:22 PM, IVP <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:
>
> > > Any suggestions?  Ideas where I can find viable low voltage low
> > > power drive ideas?
> >
> > How about a reversed mains transformer, ie drive what was the
> > secondary and use what was the primary to drive the HT coil ?
> >
> > Joe
> >
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