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Re: Unpotting Neon / Pictures / d-Limonene




From: 	Someone[SMTP:fox-at-netunlimited-dot-net]
Sent: 	Friday, November 07, 1997 4:48 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Unpotting Neon / Pictures / d-Limonene

Tesla List wrote:

> From:   Adam[SMTP:absmith-at-tiac-dot-net]
> Sent:   Friday, November 07, 1997 12:19 AM
> To:     Tesla List
> Subject:        Re: Unpotting Neon / Pictures / d-Limonene
>
> >Why not use d-Limonene on the secondaries?  Isn't that where a carbon
> track
> >would most likely be?  If this stuff attacks the enamel insulation,
> wouldn't
> >the primary be equally vulnerable?
>
> It did not attack the enamel, which is probably polyurethane.  The
> reason
> I did not soak the secondaries was to avoid ending up with a mushy
> secondary.  The secondary windings have more paper than wire, and I
> have
> no idea what the paper may be impregnated with, or if it would
> dissolve
> in d-Limonene (it dissolved my paper towels).  The primary on the
> other
> hand was all enamel wire, with no paper.
>
> >I would imagine one would want to
> >thoroughly bake the cleaned xfmr to vaporize any water residue, and
> this
> >would be effective for purging the secondary as well.
>
> Maybe, but I just don't have a good place to bake transformers.  I
> certainly would not do this in any oven that is indoors and used for
> food.
>
> >By the way, nice job & nice pictures, thanks for posting.  What size
> xfmr was
> >this?
>
> This was a Franceformer 15kV 30mA unit, which I received with one dead
>
> winding.  Now it works 100%, and it looks cool!  BTW, I love Mike
> Harrison's idea for this to be named the first official "Pole Piglet".
>
> -Adam

i suppose soap and water could be used on the secondary and then
thoroughly washed
just get a small oven eye plate to heat it with.

how did you go about repairing the winding was it just a carbon track?