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Re: repair

Tesla List wrote:
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> > > > Subject: Re: repair
> 
> Subscriber: major-at-vicksburg-dot-com Fri Jan 31 23:12:03 1997
> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 23:38:56 -0600
> From: RODERICK MAXWELL <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: repair
> 
> Tesla List wrote:
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> > Maybe one of these days I'll take pictures and post them.
> >
> > Chip
> >
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> > Moderation in all things, including moderation
> > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> >
> > On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, RODERICK MAXWELL wrote:
> >
> > > Tesla List wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Subscriber: major-at-vicksburg-dot-com Tue Jan 28 22:49:45 1997
> > > > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 08:12:24 -0600
> > > > From: RODERICK MAXWELL <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
> > > > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > > > Subject: Re: repair
> > > >
> > > > Tesla List wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > <SNIP>



>   I just unpotted the first of four neon transformers that I got from a
> sign shop in town. The guy there told me they were 15Kv -at-30ma. I'm sure
> they are 15Kv but not so sure about the current rating as the plates
> have all been removed. I kind of went back to the dark ages in the way I
> removed the potting. I boiled them in oil! I used a burner out of a old
> space heater to heat the metal pan pan filled with diesel! I know this
> sounds dangerous folks but it was a good 20' away from anything that
> would burn including yours truly. It really speeds up the process as it
> uses solvent and heat to disolve the tar. Just don't try this at home
> folks! The core looks, and disassembles the same way discribed in the
> archives. One secondary reads megohm resistance and is probably fried.
> The other reads a little over 8kohms. Is this the usual resistance of a
> 15kv secondary? Or is this side shorted???
> 
>                                  Frankensteins Helper
>                                         Max


High resistance (megohm region) indicates an open winding. A carbon-
shorted winding usually reads like a good winding as the short
resistance is quite high, though quite low enough for the HV!

- Brent