Re: Successful rebuild

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Mike,
Rick Williams did it with 3 of his briefly to check for corona, etc.
However, I think using oil or vasoline will contribute to longevity and help
to dissipate heat.
--Steve

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Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: Successful rebuild


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> Hi all,
>    Just a question out of curiosity:  Has anyone ever tried running a NST,
> after depotting, without oil?   It seems to me that the potting is just
there
> to prevent moisture from getting into the transformer(since they might get
> exposed to weather).  I am not suggesting anyone try it, but just wondered
if
> they'd run ok in air.  What makes me think of this is that I have a 10kV,
> 23ma tranny(sounds like an OBIT, huh?) in a capacitor tester called a
HI-POT
> tester.  It is dry and has worked this way for many years.
> Mike
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