Re: [TCML] Re: Coil Died

[Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll add my experience.  Nothing new of course but when 'one end' of an 
NST is bad and probably partially shorted through a track in the tar, 
I've been successful on several occasions by using a really high power 
hot air gun to melt the tar there.  Takes a long time with heat applied 
to case and top of tar until is's very liquid and a lot safer than 
digging into the tar and finding the leads. 

Hasn't always worked but the time invested trying is well spent.  I've 
never tried heating the whole transformer in an oven because of the fire 
danger and the time it would take to melt and then cool.  There's also 
'the awful smell in the oven'.

Ed

Dave Halliday wrote:

> You can get carbon tracks through the tar.
>
> Search the Pupman site for more info:
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=tar&sitesearch=www.pupman.com 
>
> Dave
>  
>
>  
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