RE: Half dead NST's

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>


>Original poster: "Dwight Harm by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><dwighth-at-traxsoft-dot-com>
>
>1) by 'half dead', you mean there's voltage from one output to case, but not
>the other output?

That's the usual mode of failure.

>2) Has anyone on the list had much success repairing these?

I've done it a half-dozen times.

>3) Would salvaging the wire for making tesla secondaries be practical?

Not really. It would be like saving fingernail clippings and gluing them 
together to make a secondary coilform. The wire is exceedingly fine and the 
trouble in getting it off intact, and respooled would be considerable. WAY 
more trouble than it's worth.

>Any
>idea what gauge the wire would be or how many feet they might contain?

No idea for sure, but it's wicked small, way smaller than secondary TC 
wire. Remember, NST's only have to pass 60mA :) I'd say it like 40AWG or so 
perhaps? It's like HAIR!


>Dwight.




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