Re: Transformer trouble?

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Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

All right, if you open your NST you should be able to find something that 
may at first look like a power resistor. It's not. I believe it is a solid 
state relay.You may also find a regular relay. All of this must go. You may 
want to cut off the side of the NST casing near this to get to it.  See the 
attached file. ( forgive the crudeness) :)

   To figure out what's what, use a multimeter on continuity. It should 
beep between 5&2, 6&4, and 1&3. Solder 2 to 1 and solder 3 to 4. Leave any 
other wires you find alone. you don't need to do anything to them other 
than make sure they don't touch anything. I would suggest leaving the top 
of the NST off so you cam monitor it. Then you plug it into a power bar, 
cross your fingers and turn the power bar on. It should work. Just be 
careful not to damage the transformer other this modification. Don't worry 
if it looks ghetto. Even ghetto stuff works. :)
Be careful, and have fun!

http://hot-streamer.com/temp/NST2.bmp


                                                               Steven Steele


----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: Transformer trouble?


> Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx
> In a message dated 4/1/05 9:39:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Is anybody having trouble with the ground-fault interrupting circuit on
> their NST?
> Because I can tell you how to bypass that circuit. At least for a Poly-Lok
> transformer from Transco, Inc. I'm sure the process is similar to other
> transformers, too, but thats the kind I've got. I just fixed it about an
> hour ago and it works great.
>
>     I'd like to know!
>     I hard-wired the "temporary bypass" switch on my brand-new surplus 
> ACTown NST's (switch never worked unless continuously depressed), which 
> enabled Jacob's ladder use but not Tesla Coil use at anything over half power.
>     I also suspect (because of others' previous postings) that if the 
> ACTown potting is epoxy, mine must not have set right because it's still 
> fairly soft. However, I'm guessing that adding heat to melt it out might 
> simply set the epoxy and make it hard, making further de-potting attempts 
> impossible. This might explain the odd behaviour of the filler when heat 
> is added.
>
> -Phil LaBudde