Yergaderga
Member
Hi,
I recently decided that Neon Sign Power supplies are too expensive and dangerous for me, and I started looking into solid state after getting a small kit Tesla Coil. Instead of all of that circuitry, couldn't I just attach a 1:1 transformer to the wall with a couple fuses and connect that to the primary of my coil? I don't need to tune it incredibly well, just enough for decent arcs. I just thought, since the transformer outputs ac (right?) I could use it instead of rectifying it and making a complex oscillator using mosfets that output similar voltages. It doesn't need to be thousands of cycles a second. Anyway, thanks,
Yergaderga.
I recently decided that Neon Sign Power supplies are too expensive and dangerous for me, and I started looking into solid state after getting a small kit Tesla Coil. Instead of all of that circuitry, couldn't I just attach a 1:1 transformer to the wall with a couple fuses and connect that to the primary of my coil? I don't need to tune it incredibly well, just enough for decent arcs. I just thought, since the transformer outputs ac (right?) I could use it instead of rectifying it and making a complex oscillator using mosfets that output similar voltages. It doesn't need to be thousands of cycles a second. Anyway, thanks,
Yergaderga.