Paul Burridge wrote:
Hi guys,

Check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...1533 536&rd=1

Is this type of transformer of any use to the serious radio amateur,
or is it just *way* over the top?
Going in the other direction, I remember as a kid playing with a giant
step down transformer (the largest one Lionel made for their train
sets). If you put a common #2 pencil into the circuit (from end to
end using the full length of the pencil) the lead (graphite) would glow
white hot and the wood would catch fire.
Wonder how many amps I forced into the pencil?