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>In article <z2zt1ta@rpi.edu> richtt@aix.rpi.edu (Timothy G. Richter) writes:
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>>So far, everyone has mentioned neon sign transformers.  

Yes, and no one has mentioned oil furnace ignition transformers, which are
more common and less expensive, IMHO.

11,000V, center tap grounded to frame, so don't get shocked.
                                       (do I have to say this?  What's 
                                       wrong with people these days?)

Maybe 50mA, probably more like 10mA.  I built a ladder out of one of these
when I was a kid.  I used coat hangers soldered directly into the outputs
using a 100W iron.  Interestingly, the flame would stop to burn through what-
ever was inserted before continuing up.  It would burn through pencils this
way.  I didn't have the guts to put my finger in there.  Amazingly, I didn't
get shocked by it, though I did from most of the other things I played with
such as old tube radios.  Later in life I had to work on industrial
induction heating equipment that always leaked water.  I had to defeat the
safety interlocks and stand in the water while sticking scope and meter
probes inside.  I didn't get killed doing that either.

WA7LDV

										
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