Re: flashover repair ?

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

Is it just me or is it impossible to "damage" it? Although listening to
others advice is a good idea, why not just try what seems most logical and
document your results?

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Subject: flashover repair ?


 > Original poster: biomed-at-miseri.winnipeg.mb.ca
 >
 > I know this has been covered before but,
 >
 > Last week I was running my SSTC at full 140VAC input and I flashed over my
 > coils.  I didn't see it happen, it was directly behind the coils so it
 > burned in pretty good before I smelled smoke.
 >
 > The secondary I'm hoping to fix.  Have other people had success doing
this?
 >
 > My secondary was coated with 13 layers of polyuthethane.  I was able to
 > sand away the large burnt area (1 1/2 * 1/2 inch) but I'm not sure if I
got
 > all of it.  There is a  heat patterns in the poly, maybe the poly is
 > damaged beyond hope, I can see rings in it around the flashover aread.
 > What should I do?
 >
 > Any suggestions?    so far I've done some sanding.
 >
 > Shaun Epp
 >
 >
 >