Re: Unpotting techniques...

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Original poster: "Mike Novak by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com>

Al,
Actually I'm saying the entire xformer is 2x the size of an Allanson!!! Of
the NSTs I've seen, Franceformers seem to be the toughest and best made.
They are also MUCH easier to unpot due to the fact that they sit UPRIGHT in
their case which allows easy acess to heat the core.
If I were you I'd clean that crappy NST and wind a choke on it. Maybe space
it at .1 or something and that will be valuable to the pig owners on the
list. You might even get a couple bucks out of it. Ask Shad if he still
needs a ballast...

Regaurds,

-Mike Novak




> Original poster: "Albert Hassick by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <uncadoc-at-juno-dot-com>
>
> Hi Mike.  I have four allanson 15/60 trannys, unpotted.  The reason they
> are unpotted is cause they all gave out more or less. Two of them work
> really great now.  A third I use for the 'Jacobs ladder', and the fourth
> is somewhat lacking in potential and buzzes really bad since the
> secondaries are shorted way deep and even unpotting and surgery would not
> help them.  Any way, I almost wish now that I had chosen 12/60 trannys at
> the start since it would not have been quite so deletrious to the other
> parts of the tank circuit. But, if you gotta go, then go with the 15/60,
> the corona and arcs will be magnificent before they croak.  (Remember, I
> said almost wish I had 12/60's at the start!)  But, you are saying that
> the Franceformer seems to have twice the size secondary?  Hhhmm, does
> someone sell Francys on the list?  I'd like to crack open one of the
> 15/60 Francys.    Al.