RE: [TCML] De-potting NSTs? ? ?

[Matt Reid <the_fetus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the advice! Just throwing a few ideas around my mind, as I am only in early tuning stages at the moment. However, I would like to have a bit of an idea as to the best way to go about things before attempting them :)
 
              "If you are going to all this trouble, why not use a 12/60 to start with?                Then you could push it to around 200 mA if you drop it into a tubberware                container filled with xmfr oil."
 
Also not far from my mind. If anyone reading knows where to buy NSTs (or any suitable xfmr, for that matter) in Australia, I would love to hear from you! I was quoted an 'under-the-counter' price at my local electrical wholesaler of ~$500! 
 
Thanks again, all! ! !
 
Matt R
 
Love your e-mail address, by the way, Russ.  8^P > I depotted a 9000 v 30 mil allison transformer, I put the whole thing on a cookie sheet and put it in my gas grill. i tried to keep the grill around 250-300 degrees. after about 10 minutes the tar started meltin, after about 30 you could pour it out of the tranny box. I have to caution this is very messy! after you get the inards out, (most people dont recomend) i used gasoline to clean the actual transformer. When you got it all cleaned it is easy to remove the shunts. You shouldnt go over 3x (i heard from someone down the line) the I rating, i went 330 ma out of a 30 ma, it worked for a lil while but not for long. If you up your amperage your gonna have to get a bigger tank cap though, use java tC to find out what your gonna have to do. > > Happy trails,> > Russ D
 
 
 Many experimenters put them in the icebox first and whack them with a hammer. Then, when some of the larger chunks are removed, they use a bed of charcoal (or a grill) to slowly heat the mass up to boiling point of water. Most don't do it indoors in a kitchen stove as it can really stink things up including the stove. A bed of charcoal and supporting the xmfr above the charcoal seems the best solution. Final cleanup is with kerosine. DO NOT use gasoline. It works good but the risk of explosion is very high. Kerosine is probably the best choice. Dr. Resonance Resonance Research Corp.www.resonanceresearch.com
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