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Temperature to melt NST tar (fwd)




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From:  Jeff Corr [SMTP:corr-at-enid-dot-com]
Sent:  Saturday, January 31, 1998 9:17 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Temperature to melt NST tar (fwd)

I tend to think that Alanson is the best with Franceformer being
second.  Transco is pretty much last.

>Feedback I've gotten from some of the neon guys is that Franceformers
>and Magnetek/Jeffersons seem to run more reliably, and Transco is pretty
>poor. Looks (feels?) like there's more iron and copper in the
>Franscformer unit than comparably-rated Jeffersons. Transcos seem to run
>hotter, fail more often, and at least some of them use aluminum wire
>instead of copper to save costs. I've got a 12 KV 60 MA Franceformer
>that literally dwarfs a 15 KV 60 MA Transco (made in Hong Kong).
>However, if you can get them cheaply (or better yet for free), use 'em!


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