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  1. Need help replacing neon sign transformer

    Well I tried the new transformer and it lights about half the sign up. :( guess I’ll look for a 5k
  2. Need help replacing neon sign transformer

    What does center tapped mean ?
  3. Need help replacing neon sign transformer

    Well like I mentioned, I measured 2.2kv with the sign lit so I’m hoping 3kv will work. I’ll have to see. It should arrive today…
  4. Need help replacing neon sign transformer

    I Know the one that’s on there now is the original. And it says 4.5kv I think ? Not sure what the -0- means in “4.5-0-4.5kv”. But when the sign was on and working I measured 2.2kv off the wires connected to the tube. It’s a single run tube with one transformer. The new one that will be...
  5. Need help replacing neon sign transformer

    No it is a vintage OPEN sign I bought off of a private party and its going in my workshop at home... it was working ok but it is intermittently cutting off and on... he said it has issues and probably needs a new transformer.
  6. Need help replacing neon sign transformer

    Hey all, I don't know much about how neon signs work, and I dopant want to over volt it or burn it up somehow so I was hoping someone can confirm with me that a transformer I found will work. The one that came with the sign and is faulty (keeps cutting on and off) shows that it is and...
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