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Re: nathan's saga update...
Hi, Terry, and all
>France transformers will die by just plugging them in anyway!! (Sorry...
>Terry has had a bad Franceformer day... =:-O~ )
>
>No exorcisms,... But I am about to perform a failure analysis on a brand
>new
>Franceformer with a chain saw and sledge hammer...
>
>
>Tell you chemistry teacher the dog ate your lab report ;-))
Ha ha! the dog is eating it as we speak... ;-)
I can definitely relate to the France transformer thing. Darn things just
won't run. Gee whiz.
I just improved all the connections on my coil. It is all attached with 8
gauge stranded wire. I spent a lot of time today soldering different
lengths to washers so I could just stick 'em on the bolts and tighten them
down. No more alligator clips. I used about 15 feet of resin core solder!
they had BETTER work well!
Everything LOOKS great now, so after I get a good start on the ol' lab
writeup, we'll find out if the new connections WORK well.
I did actually have the grounded strike rail connected. Not a real solid
connection, but it could conduct. I had the two ends electrical taped
together. I disconnected that too, and hopefully it will work a lot better.
That would make sense, that the rail would spark at the places it was
connected to the vertical posts if it was sucking power out of the primary.
By the way, my mom likes the new cap a lot better than my old ones. No risk
of getting transformer oil all over the studio carpet!
Till Later
Nathan
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