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Re: Fluke 27 and Transformer Oil



Personally I keep digital meters well away from coils these days. They don't
like the RF and high voltage fields one bit. An older analogue meter is far
more use. I use either an AVO Mk8, or on old Schlumberger.

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Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 6:51 PM
Subject: Fluke 27 and Transformer Oil


> Original Poster: "Nathan Ball" <nateburg-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Greetings!
>
> I am Nathan Ball, 16 year old coil builder and new to the list.
>
> I have a couple of questions:
>
> I have access to the use of a Fluke 27 DMM and was wondering if there was
a
> way I could use it to measure the output current on the 15/30 NSTs i
> rebuilt.  It says in the manual that the max input voltage for AC mA is
> 600V...
>
> Also, I am building some new capacitors that will add up to 0.0265
> microfarad to match the new power supply of 15/150.
>
> I built a 0.0053 uF cap before and used 8 sheets of LDPE between each
plate.
>   I have since seen most people using at minimum 60 total mils and mostly
> aroun 80-90, but I have never had any problems running a 15/30 through it.
>
> I think it may be because of the extremely pure transformer oil I got to
put
> it in... but do you guys think 0.048 inches is enough for a 15/150?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Nathan Ball
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