Re: Photo of my mystery transformer

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Original poster: "Josh Adams" <knewter@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the feedback.  I've contacted Raytheon to find out more 
about the transformer's history as well, per Ed's suggestion.  Jim: 
It's probably 60 or 70 pounds, just guessing based on memory and the 
mental image of me hauling the unwieldy thing across traffic.  Bert: 
no ceramic balls in it that I recall.

Godfrey: college  :)  Well, college plus the part of the master's 
program that I've finished so far.  Up until the moment I became a 
math major a year and a half in, I'd planned on finishing out college 
as a physics major...now I'm getting back into the physics play again.


On 12/1/06, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Original poster: BunnyKiller <<mailto:bunnikillr@xxxxxxx>bunnikillr@xxxxxxx>

Raython...  main clue,  color olive drab...second clue,  third
clue... I had one very similar in size and configuration. Mine came
from a small mobile radar unit used by the armed forces in the early
70's.  As far as the oil inside, the design seems old enuf for PCB
but simple solution, dont open the case  :)    only problem that may
be an issue is the Hz used in the application, some units ran at
400Hz instead of 60 Hz.


Scot D



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>Original poster: "Josh Adams" <<mailto:knewter@xxxxxxxxx>knewter@xxxxxxxxx>
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http://flickr.com/photos/knewter/310977851/in/set-72157594400131325/>http://flickr.com/photos/knewter/310977851/in/set-72157594400131325/ 

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>There it is.  To ease anyone's concerns for my safety, trust that
>I'm not turning anything on until I'm certain I won't be dying
>afterwards.  I'm trying to gradually get back into the HV stuff,
>I've been out of it for five years...had to go on a math kick for a bit.
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>So anyone have any idea what this transformer was for?  I don't
>know, but it has those five taps on the primary to let you vary the
>voltage output, which is nice.  I don't know if it's in working
>order yet, but it's full of oil and not resin (yeah, yeah, the oil's
>probably nothing but PCBs waiting to get all up on me...), so I
>should be able to muck around with it if not.  I have no reason to
>think it isn't, though.