Re: end of the nst

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Original poster: "Steven Ward by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com>




>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: end of the nst
>Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 08:13:50 -0600
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>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><steve.tami.andrews-at-att-dot-net>
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>Hello all...i have been hearing some people on the list
>say they got their nst for free. feel lucky,i paid $25
>for all i have 15000 30s &60s.i dont know about where
>everyone else is but in raleigh n.c. new electrical
>codes require the new ground fault type tranie be used.i
>thought this would lead to a surplus of the old
>type...not so.From what i here from my neon sign shops
>some not so up&up electricians and sign shops are
>replacing old tranies with the new type before they
>needed to be.I guess from complaints or high demand for
>the gfnst the mfg.want the old ones back to be
>tested.this with the fact that with the new codes it is
>illegal for them to sell the old type, new or used.so
>the nsts have dried up around here. If you can get them
>do it now and hold on to them....good luck and be safe

Well luckily a friend and myself recently collected about 32 busted NSTs. 
All are the older with out the ground fault protection.  So we have them, 
but it takes a LOT of work to get em working, but its worth it since they 
are better unpotted, and weigh less.

Steve Ward.