Re: First light for my 3 inch coil!

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com> 

Thanks for the help. I will remove and inspect the outer transformers soon.
Since it already mounted on PVC, I can just remove the "feet" made from
carriage 1/4-20s and drop it in a plastic ontainer with some oil. I was
reading on the list that Shell Diala LX is transformer oil and can be had
cheaply from oil shops.

---Eric
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Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: First light for my 3 inch coil!


 > Original poster: "Christoph Bohr" <cb-at-luebke-lands.de>
 >
 > Hello Eric.
 >
 > Hearing from your MOT trouble makes me almost as disappointed as you might
 > be seeing your PSU fail.
 > Especially as there is no reason for it to fail. A properly designed
MOT-PSU
 > is almost bulletproof.
 > If you saw it ark over do not try over again, it will only do more demage.
 > I suggest to very accurately remove the carbon tracs and restore
insulation
 > with pu-varnish.
 > Then make a "huge" 20 bucks investment in a plastic container, a board
with
 > some castors for easy transportation and a sufficient amount of the
cheapest
 > oil you can get hold of, we do not want additives here. Real xformer oil
is
 > not too pricy either.
 > Submerge the trannies and you will never see arcing over again.
 > I know there are some unsubmerged MOT psus out there but this depends a
lot
 > on the specific
 > transformers, air humidity and a lot of other things. If you choose a good
 > container the result should not be
 > too messy, though not really something living room compatible, iukwIm ;-)
 >
 > You may want to have a look at how I did this:
 >
 > http://www.luebke-lands.de/tesla4.html
 >
 > This is pertty crappy and far from optimum, but works very reliable, even
 > with 6 MOTs
 >
 > This way you will have a supply with more power than you will probably
ever
 > need.....
 >
 > Best regards
 >
 > Christoph Bohr
 >
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Well, this stinks. Now whenever I plug/unplug my 4 pack MOT it arcs
 > between
 >  > the outer xformers(carbon tracks I'm betting). After all the time and
 >  > effort, to have it die in a single run makes me dissapointed. I guess
my
 >  > coiling days are over.
 >  >
 >
 >
 >