Re: NST Depotting Experience +

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Original poster: "Krohns" <2halice@xxxxxxx>

I'll let you know what I find.  Hal


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Subject: Re: NST Depotting Experience +


> Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Most that i've come across with gfi are potted in epoxy, and the
> chemicals that are able to remove that are near $100 a gallon (which
> would probably remove the enamel off the magnet wire too). If you can
> remove that without destroying the transformer, let us know the
> secret, I've pretty much given up on that idea.
>
> Mike
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> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 2:00 PM
> Subject: Re: NST Depotting Experience +
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> >Original poster: "Krohns" <2halice@xxxxxxx>
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> >I have access to a large pile of relatively new defective FranceFormers
that
> >have the ground fault circuitry.  Sounds like I should be able to remove
the
> >ground fault junk and the transformers would probably work fine again.
Am I
> >thinking correctly?
> >
> >Hal from Tucson
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> >
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> >Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:18 PM
> >Subject: Re: NST Depotting Experience +
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> > > Original poster: bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Hi Gary,
> > >
> > > Yes, I mentioned that in the write up of the experience. But, my >
decision
> > > to repot was more for the experience (since I hadn't tried it before).
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > Bart
> > >
> > >  > Original poster: gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >  >
> > >  > Most of the time when you kill a neon it is just shorted through
the
> > >  > tar.  Once you get an arc through the tar you have a perment carbon
> > >  > track for it to arc over and over every time you turn on the neon
> > >  > again.  Usually all that is needed is to melt the tar, stir the tar
> > >  > around a little bit, let it cool, and it will work fine again.
You
> > >  > can mix in 50% high voltage oil into the tar then pour it back into
> > >  > the metal neon case and let it cool.  The HV oil + tar is a big
> > >  > inprovement over just tar alone.
> > >  >
> > >  > Gary Weaver
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> > >  >  >From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >  >  >Sent: May 10, 2006 9:05 AM
> > >  >  >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> > >  >  >Subject: NST Depotting Experience
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> > >  >  >Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >  >  >
> > >  >  >Hi All,
> > >  >  >
> > >  >  >I mentioned during a separate thread that I had killed my 12/60 >
NST.
> > >  >  >So, I went through a depotting experience (my first). I
> > wrote up > this
> > >  >  >experience. I thought those who are in the middle of such an
> > >  >  >experience or are thinking about it might enjoy this read.
> > >  >  >
> > >  >  >http://www.classictesla.com/photos/nstrepair/nstrepair.htm
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> > >  >  >It really wasn't that bad of an experience and the results were
> > >  > well worth it.
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> > >  >  >Take care,
> > >  >  >Bart
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