NST insulations

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• Subject: NST insulations
• From: Megavolt121-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 14:43:57 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Hi All,
    I'm trying to enhance one of my 15/60 Jefferson NSts. Hopefully i can get 
200ma, but before i get there, I must overcome arcing problems. Right now 
while i cut off shunts(these da#-at- Jefferson's don't have those 
"remove-a-shunts" and i need to cut them) it runs dry for testing to make 
sure it'll run. I usually run it dry for about 3-4 secs -at- 75% power on my 
variac. After i push up the power, i get an arcing from my Secondary to my 
core. Of course i turn it off here. What i want to know is if there is 
anything temporary that i can use to prevent arcing during my testing? When 
i'm done w/ the de-shunting process, I plan on potting the nst back in 
vaseline. Is there anything bad w/ using Vaseline? I also have about 5 
gallons of mineral oil i can use to re-pot, but that is really really messy 
and i want to avoid that.
Stumped!
-Alan

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