Re: Post-toasted neon

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Post-toasted neon
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:33:10 -0600
Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net

Subject: 
        Re: Post-toasted neon
  Date: 
        Thu, 20 Mar 1997 01:24:12 -0500 (EST)
  From: 
        richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
    To: 
        Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


At 11:56 PM 3/18/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Subject: 
>        Post-toasted neon
>  Date: 
>        Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:42:47 -0500 (EST)
>  From: 
>        tesla-at-america-dot-com (Bob Schumann)
>    To: 
>        tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
>
>Not a happy hello,
>
>I toasted my 12kv-at-60ma franceformer. Damn. I was using a variac
>and it must have been the 140VAC. Now when I plug in the transformer
>I get 1 quick big spark and then it starts smoking around the
>HV bushing. 
>snip


>Bob Schumann
>
>tesla-at-america-dot-com
>http://www.america-dot-com/~tesla
>
>Bob,

Smoking at the bushing means probably an easy fix.  The tar inside could
be
carbonized.  I think disassembly of the case and de-tarring will fix the
thing.  You can't effectively rewind the secondary cores.  (isn't worth
the
effort.)

Richard Hull, TCBOR