[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: temperature to melt NST tar (fwd)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:08:55 -0700
From: "D.C. Cox" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: temperature to melt NST tar (fwd)
to: Chris
Once the tracks have formed this means that carbon has formed as well.
Melting and re-distributing the carbon is a bad idea especially in a
transformer that is not really designed for Tesla duty service -- marginal
at best. Best to remove ALL of the tar and set the xmfr in a plastic
tupperware dish and fill with xmfr or mineral oil (health food store).
This will provide superior insulation with the tar/carbon problems which
will continue to plague you until you remove the source of the plague --
the carbon that forms. You can also carefully clean up the core/coil
assembly before immersion with kerosine -- no flames nearby please -- and
then give a final rubdown with denatured alcohol. A standard oven will
provide all the heat required for tar removal -- heat it slowly and for a
longer period of time as opposed to trying to get it all out in 20 minutes.
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
----------
> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: temperature to melt NST tar (fwd)
> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 1:59 PM
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 07:34:18 -0800 (PST)
> From: Christopher Stone <stone-at-etak-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: temperature to melt NST tar
>
> Two quick questions, hopefully with easy answers:
> What temperature does the tar in Neon transformers melt at? How
> long should a transformer be cooked to repair the carbon tracks?
> Thanks,
>
> Chris