Re: Furnace transformer

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Subject: Re: Furnace transformer
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 22:25:54 -0600
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From: 	Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: 	Sunday, November 02, 1997 10:38 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Furnace transformer

On Sunay, November 02, 1997 10:27 AM Pascal LeBlanc
[SMTP:illusio-at-nbnet.nb.ca] wrote;

> Hey there,
> 
> I'm kinda new around here, kinda building my first coil...
 (no need to say more I think uh? ;)  well I'm thinking of using an oil 
furnace transformer to drive my primary but I think the transformer 10kv, 
sparks from the transformer alone should be about how long?  right now 
they're about 1 millimeter long, shoudn't it be like half an inch long or 
so?

Pascal, your transformer should make an 1/8 inch spark that you should be 
able to pull out to a one inch flame like arc. Most of the time that an 
OBIT (Oil Burner Ignition Transformer) acts like yours it is due to carbon 
tracking inside the pitch. To attempt a repair, put the OBIT in an old 
backing pan an in the oven at 300 to 400 degrees untill, when tilted, you can 
hear the liquid pitch slosh around, then allow to cool, and arc test BOTH 
sides to ground (if only one side arcs to the case then you'll have a 5 KV 
transformer, still workable). Hopefully this will get your OBIT kicking 
again.

                               Sincerely

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