Re: help..blown nst

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Original poster: "sundog by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>

Hi All, Steve?

    You may want to try just heating the NST with a hotplate till the tar is
melted and then let it cool again.  If the bad HV side carbon-tracked
through the tar, melting and letting it cool may fix the problem without
having to thoroughly depot the tranny.  It's worth a a try.


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Shad (Sundog)
G-1 #1203
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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:57 AM
Subject: help..blown nst


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<steve.tami.andrews-at-att-dot-net>
>
> i think i have just blown my second nst.what am i doing
> wrong,i stopped using the rotary gap and put in a safety
> gap ...from each pole of the nsts to ground,i am
> thinking now that it is a bad thing to use one common
> ground {input sec and safety all grounded together}?one
> nst is ok the other 15000 60ma,good arc to pole from
> ether side one side good arc to ground the other no arc
> to ground.i have not depotted one yet but i dont think
> that will be a prob but i dont know how to go about
> repairing once i get it depotted....thanks alot for all
> your help
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