Re: First light for my 3 inch coil!

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

That would be Diala AX.. There are Univolt and Castrol equivalents.

Only problem with buying from a jobber is going to be minimum purchase.
Call around until you find one that will sell you 5 gallon pails instead of
55 gallon drums.

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Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: First light for my 3 inch coil!


 > 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
 > ----- Original Message -----
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 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > 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.
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >