Re: and then there was nothing... blown NST? (fwd)

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

What is the deal with everyone trying to get everyone else using MOTs??  
Personally i see the benifits of MOTs and the extreme drawback of having to 
ballast them.

You can also freeze the block of tar, and chip it away with a hammer and 
screwdriver.  Just taking it out if the tar should fix it.

"you'll have to make new secondaries"

WHAT?!?!  Tell me how many times you have made an NST secondary!  If a 
secondary coil is bad, there is no way to repair it (unless the damage is on 
the last few layers).  Have you ever un-potted an NST??  And why put it in 
oil??  Just use some mica (insulation in the transformer), or use some heavy 
poly sheet.

Steve Ward.


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com.rmpg-dot-org
>Subject: Re: and then there was nothing... blown NST? (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:37:30 -0600 (MDT)
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>Original poster: Tesla List Moderator <mod1-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 02:46:39 +0000
>From: Tim J <digital_raven45-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: and then there was nothing... blown NST?
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>Your NST is toast. I've done this one before.
>
>However you can repair the damage by depotting the NST. Either Gasoline or
>high heat to melt out the tar and then using other solvents to to clean the
>rest up...to access the core. You'll have to make new secondaries. After 
>put
>the whole transformer unit in mineral oil or transformer oil.
>
>PS: You could use Microwave Oven Transformers as an alternative, as they 
>are
>MUCH more durable and can be found for free or dirt cheap prices. This 
>power
>supply idea is catching on VERY quickly.
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