Re: Non-GFI NSTs

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Original poster: Kreso Bukvic <kreso.bukvic@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Design cost? thats free for me!

Because of that only certain members will get these transformers. it is too
much work for me (pack it, ship it...)

Kreso
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Subject: Re: Non-GFI NSTs


> Original poster: "Daniel McCauley" <dhmccauley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> And just who pays for the non-recurring engineering (design) costs ? ? ?
> Or the tooling costs ? ? ? ?
>
> Dan
>
>
>  > Let me coment the new NST idea!
>  >
>  > I am a very good friend with a director of one company here that makes
the
>  > NST-s. If anybody is willing to pay shipping they will make anything
for
> me!
>  >
>  > 15/60, 15/120, 15/250 just name it. And they will pot it with epoxy or
> just
>  > put them in a HV lacquier and pull strong vacum. These will be strong
>  > insulation and coils and shunts can be remowed... Affcourse without
stupid
>  > GFI.
>  >
>  > If anybody intrested contact me off the list!
>  >
>  > Best Regards
>  > Kreso Bukvic
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>  > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 3:53 PM
>  > Subject: Re: Non-GFI NSTs
>  >
>  >
>  >  > Original poster: "Matthew Carlson" <mjc8804@xxxxxxx>
>  >  >
>  >  > Wow, thats gotta be hard.  I can't believe they would want to be
that
>  >  > way to hobbiests.  Just don't see what they gain by smashing them.
> Good
>  >  > luck in the future of finding NST's.  If it weren't so much for
>  >  > shipping, i'd say i'd help you, but seeing how i'm in the US, it
would
>  >  > be horribly expensive.
>  >  >
>  >  > Matt
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>  >  > Matt Carlson
>  >  > (314) 362-0870
>  >  > 4353 Clayton Avenue
>  >  > Mailstop : 90-68-145
>  >  > Saint Louis, MO 63110
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>  >  > http://issecurity.carenet.org
>  >  >  >>> "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> 01/05/05 17:32 PM >>>
>  >  > Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >  >
>  >  > Hi Matthew,
>  >  >
>  >  > No I don't need a passport to get them from France as they are in
Tenn.
>  >  > But
>  >  > some of the local sign shops are smashing the insulators on the used
>  >  > ones to
>  >  > prevent reuse.  Thus it's getting hard to get the larger NSTs from
> shops
>  >  > without GFI.  The last time I went used NST shopping they had a
40x48
>  >  > crate
>  >  > of all types of non-GFI NSTs with smashed terminals.  Luckily that
trip
>  >  > netted me a 15/60 and a 12/60 new in the box that were in a canceled
>  >  > sign
>  >  > box headed for the scrapyard.
>  >  >
>  >  > David E Weiss
>  >  >
>  >  >   > Original poster: "Matthew Carlson" <mjc8804@xxxxxxx>
>  >  >   >
>  >  >   > You don't even have to go to France for them.  Constantly there
are
>  >  >   > 12/30 NST's on ebay, and 99% of the sign shops around you that
deal
>  >  > with
>  >  >   > any neon will have some available.  While you may get a better
deal
>  >  > on
>  >  >   > ebay, if you go to a sign shop, you can have them test the NST
> while
>  >  > you
>  >  >   > are there.
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>  >  >   > Matt Carlson
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>  >  >   >  >>> "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> 1/4/2005 4:31:41 PM >>>
>  >  >   > Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >  >   >
>  >  >   > Hi All,
>  >  >   >
>  >  >   > You can still obtain non-GFI NSTs from France.  What I got from
>  >  > France
>  >  >   > is
>  >  >   > that you tell your local distributor that it is for a non-sign
>  >  >   > application
>  >  >   > and have you document it on his PO.  It is probably true for the
> rest
>  >  >   > of
>  >  >   > the manufacturers.  It will be more expensive having to buy new
> ones,
>  >  >   > but
>  >  >   > at least they are still available.
>  >  >   >
>  >  >   > David E Weiss
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