Re: [TCML] No-load NST's

["Phillip Slawinski" <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't seen a potted GFCI yet, but I've only seen the inside of five NSTs
that had the GFCI.  I don't think France is potting them yet, but I can't be
sure.  So long as they're  not potted in epoxy it isnt' really a problem.

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 9:41 AM, <Sfxneon@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > (Damn those mandatory GFCIs!!!)
>
> In a message dated 6/27/2008 7:25:36 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> _pslawinski@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx)   writes:
>
> >> On the contrary, I love those  GFCIs :)  They  are a common failure
> point
> on
> >> a NST, and I have a local shop that's  giving me their broken NSTs.  If
> the
> >> GFCI fails it's quite a  simple matter to drill out the rivets on the
> top
> and
> >> hardwire the  transformer.
>
> ...Except most of them are now potted right along with the core and coil to
> prevent you from doing just that. I suppose it was too easy to defeat the
> unpotted ones (like Transco, for example) and I wouldn't doubt that they
>  were
> forced to make the GFCIs integral to the transformers.
>
> Tony Greer
>
>
>
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