RE: 2 NST's each 1/2 dead...

["David Dean" <deano-at-corridor-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi Scot,

I don't think you have to worry about a fire hazard. I've seen NSTs that
were shorted internally run years, 24/7, and the worst thing that happened
was some of the tar melted out of the cases.
Two of these transformers worked just fine after unpotting, BTW after I had
rescued them.

later
deano

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 5:07 PM
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> Subject: 2 NST's each 1/2 dead...
>
>
> Original poster: "BunnyKiller" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>
>
> Hi All...
>
> got a question for ya....
>
> I have 2 NST's with ( both 15kv/30mA units ) each of them
> suffering from a dead
> side...
>
> the thing is ...  the dead sides are opposite on each NST ..  in other
> words...  NST #1 is dead on the left side, NST #2 is dead on the
> right side...
>
> heres the question ...   if I wire both of these up for operation
> and use just
> the good sides of both of the NST's will there be any other
> problem other than
> a total output of 30mA -at- 15kv ???
>
> I'm supposing that i will draw double the amount of wall current
> ( since im
> running 2 NST's) as compared to a single NST that works well ...
>
> do yall think that since the dead sides of the NST's are probably
> arcing to
> ground in the case somewhere that there will be a potential
> hazard ( fire? ) or
> something even more drastic???
>
> Scot D
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