From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Unpotted NST
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:42:49 -0700
>Original poster: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>Thanks Mike for the reply. What is the reason they pot them in the
>first place? Dennis
>
>Hi Dennis,
> They pot them for one main reason....to make them weather proof.
> The secondary benefit is that no corona will be developed in the
>tar, which might lead to early failure of the transformer. When we
>play with them, we tend to exceed their design limitations, so
>sometimes a carbon track will form and essentiall short out one side
>of the transformer.. Some have had to remove a layer or two of
>windings in some cases because they created a short between layers,
>but I think that is a rare occurance.
>Mike
>
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