15,000 Volt 30 Ma Standard Elec Neon Transformer No GIF Tesla Coil Jacob Ladder, US $85.00 – Picture 0

15,000 Volt 30 Ma Standard Elec Neon Transformer No GIF Tesla Coil Jacob Ladder, US $85.00 – Picture 1

15,000 Volt 30 Ma Standard Elec Neon Transformer No Gif Tesla Coil Jacob Ladder

US $85.00

Lebec, California, United States
Jan 29th

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All the transformers I am currently selling are all ones made prior to the UL 2161 code requiring neon transformers to have an on board ground fault circuit. So all if these are vintage and DO NOT have a GFI which makes them suited for use on Tesla Coils and Jacobs Ladders or vintage sign restorations. My family has been in the neon business since 1946. I was raised around this business and I myself have run the business for over 20 years. So I know way too much about neon Transformers. In fact I will suggest that I know more about neon Transformers than most people in the industry. The transformers that I am selling have been checked out thoroughly. There are several ways that you must check a transformer. You cannot simply hook it up to a neon circuit and say that it's working properly. You cannot also just check the milliamps and suggest that it is working properly. Both the "new old stock" and the used transformers that I am selling ,and I'm selling all different sizes and all different conditions. First of all they are checked on both the primary and the secondary windings. For the correct ohms reading. each transformer has a different reading . Then they milliamp reading is taken. And of course a simple spark test. And lastly a full load circuit test is taken . If you buy a transformer that has not been cared for or has been left in a bad neon circuit situation. The secondary windings start to short out amongst themselves. Meanwhile this will create excessive heat within the transformer and cause the transformer to start leaking the potting material or in some cases the tar. If some of the secondary windings have shorted, the transformer will still light a neon circuit and the milliamps may even read correctly. But if this is the case the Transformers days are numbered and will not last much longer. Especially if it is put to use in a tesla coil or a Jacob's ladder where the demand the transformer will be very great. Now as far as he used Transformers go.... The rule of thumb is the older the better. When Transformers first started being mass-produced. The companies that made them were trying to make them as long as the neon would last which meant they were trying to make a transformer that would last indefinitely. Then there is the fact that the shunts or the core of the transformer were being made at the time with a much more higher iron content in the metal than that is available or widely used now. Then there is the windings themselves. The copper content in the wire used in the windings was of a much purer nature. So regarding those facts that makes the older transformers much better. And you could even tell by just picking one up they weigh much more even though they are rated for the same output. Although I do not feel that I need to mention this I will try to clear up a bit of confusion that might be present when dealing with someone with little or no experience regarding neon transformers. All the Transformers new and used that I will be selling our magnetic type transformers. There are a lot of people out there selling electronic transformers suggesting they will work for Jacob's ladders and Tesla coils. Well this is simply not true. The only type of transformer that will work are the standard magnetic type.