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Re: NST REPAIR



Original poster: "D.C. Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


Kerosine works as good and is not quite so volatile.  Gasoline fumes on hot
days can explode 15-20 ft. away from the source.

Dr. Resonance




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Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: NST REPAIR


> Original poster: "Allanh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<allanh-at-starband-dot-net>
>
> I've repaired and had failures and successes, NST's. But I wonder if you
> have used gasoline to remove the tar. I've read comments on the list that
> one shouldn't use gasoline, so I wonder if anyone else has tried.
>
> allan
>
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> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 9:11 PM
> Subject: Re: NST REPAIR
>
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> >
> > Original poster: "Steven Ward by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >
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> > >
> > >
> > > The time working on the transformer was less than an hour and a half,
> > >but it took over 4 hours to fix the hot air gun!
> > >
> > > I don't know whether the repair will last, but thought the procedure
> > >might be of interest.
> > >
> > >Ed
> >
> > Hi Ed,
> >
> > I do nst repairs all of the time.  I think that if you got it working,
you
> > are in good condition and the repair will last.  Ive only had one bad
NST
> > repair, where the secondary shorted through itself.  Maybe i will try
the
> > heatgun, i have one.  Did you leave the rest of the transformer in the
> tar??
> >   It would be better to take the whole thing out of tar to keep it from
> > breaking down the tar on the original "good" side.  But hey man, cool!
i
> > like hearing about people bringing dead transformers back to life,
> > especially if you get them for free!
> >
> > Steve Ward.
> >
> > PS my repairs can take at least 4 hours!! more like 6-8 hours!!
> >
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