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Re: [TCML] Clarification sought on transformers
In a message dated 2/19/08 6:56:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
evp@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
4) If you shake it, it should not rattle. Slightly chipped insulators are
probably OK, cracked ones are not."
I think Matt is overstating this one. I have a couple of NST's I picked out
of the bushes by a freeway on ramp. Obviously had fallen off the back of a
flatbed truck and bounced across the pavement on the insulators, not much of
which remained and I removed them completely. I replaced them with plastic
ones and the transformers have worked fine for years. I wouldn't pick ones
with beat up insulators if better were available but don't look down your nose
at them if that's all you can find.
Ed
Hi Ed,
I agree with you that they are repairable, but I would not recommend
insulator replacement as a newbie activity on a first coil, especially since Steve
indicated he would have access to a neon shop's old stock. In the context of
what was asked and by whom, I still consider it a good rule of thumb YOMV. ;^)
Matt D.
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