RE: depotting NST vs. LTR (static gap)

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>

I also had the pleasure of depotting a Jefferson Electric 15/60 NST.  I took
the NST lid off and stuck it in a turkey roasting pan in a Weber covered
charcoal BBQ.  It took a couple of hours before it was totally melted.  No
idea what the temperature was, but it's definitely an outdoors job.

LTR just means that your tank cap is larger than one that would resonate
with the NST secondary at 60Hz.  For a 15/60 NST, that would be about .01uF.

Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA

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Subject: Re: depotting NST vs. LTR (static gap)


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<biomed-at-miseri.winnipeg.mb.ca>

Hello,   I'm new to this list and I have as NST that I need to depot,  what
temperature did you use to melt the tar  and what is an LTR.  The
transformer I have is a Jefferson Electric  , Magnetek 15kv, 60mA

Thanks for the info in advance and I hope I've walked into this thread an
ok way!

Shaun Epp
VE4SCE