RE: NST question 30ma or 60ma not sure?

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Subject: RE: NST question 30ma or 60ma not sure?
From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 07:48:25 -0700
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The easiest way to tell if one is a 60mA unit is by size & weight.  A 15/60
will be considerably heavier and larger than a 15/30.  A more analytical
method would be to connect an AC milliameter across the HV terminals and
(without touching the meter) power it up.  A 30 mA unit will read roughly
30, and a 60 mA unit will read roughly 60.

The silicone sounds like a good idea.

Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA

>Original Poster: Neal Whitaker <NDWhitaker-at-Worldnet.att-dot-net> 
>
>Hi guys & gals,
>
>Late last Wednesday I stopped by my local NST farm and found 2 15KV
>units ripe for the picking!  The labels were already pulled off
>(warranty stuff) but my contact told me they were 15KV units.  The only
>thing he said was wrong were that one insulator on each of the units was
>lose. I brought the units home and performed the high voltage terminal
>arc check to ground.  Both worked well.  I then checked one high voltage
>terminal to the other one (same NST).  This is what got my attention.
>With the other 15KV 30ma units I have I can only pull an arc about 1
>inch maybe 1.5 inches across the high voltage terminals.  These units I
>got Wednesday pulled at least 2.5 inches with out a problem.
>
>Question 1    Could these be 60ma units? Is there a way to check?
>Question 2    Can I put silicon around the lose insulators to keep them
>from wiggling (technical term) around?