Re: Repotting NSTs

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Original poster: "BRIAN FOLEY" <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi, repot it using toilet bowl ring wax, it is beeswax that stays put but
doesnt really harden up. cul brian f.
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Subject: Repotting NSTs


> Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall" <jpeakall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Well, I finally destroyed an NST. I wouldn't worry about it, except that
it
> is a 12/120, and the 120's are rare. I was using it to power a Marx bank.
I
> get full spark from one side and a wimpy spark from the other. The good
side
> reades a few ohms higher than the bad side, which is probably how it was
> before. This makes me believe that the cause is carbon tracking.
>
> So yesterday I melted the tar. It was quite easy. I used an old metal pot,
> the kind used for canning. I cut a hole in the side large enough to fit
the
> barrel of my heat gun in there. Put some old clothes on and around the pot
> for insulation. Took a few hours to melt the tar, but very little stink
and
> low chance of fire. Anyway...
>
> I let it cool, and while it seems a little improved, it is not fixed. So I
> have to empty the NST of tar, use solvent to clean it, and then I want to
> repot it. I don't want to use oil. This NST is going to get moved around,
> going to school and so on. I don't want to be dragging around a leaky oily
> mess.
>
> I have concenrns about re-using the tar. First, it will be hard to keep it
> perfectly clean. And then there is going to be some loss of tar, so even
if
> I tried to save it I might not have enough. Anyone know where to buy such
> tar?
>
> I am assuming that the NST must be potted. Can they be run dry?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Jonathan
> www.madlabs.info
>
>
>
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