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Re: Neon Power Supplies
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To: tesla@grendel.objinc.com
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Subject: Re: Neon Power Supplies
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From: richard.quick@slug.org (Richard Quick)
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 00:17:00 GMT
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Quoting "Edward V. Phillips" <ed@ALUMNI.CALTECH.EDU>:
> Richard:
> This is probably a silly question, but here goes. In
> the process of following your advice about "ahead and bust the
> insulators to du st with a hammer" I found that at the very
> first stroke of the hammer I had a nice clean hole, with the
> remains of the HV lead poking out of the tar. Hooking the
> transformer up I found that this was a perfectly good lead to
> that end of the winding. Now, here is the question. If I
> drill some small holes in the case in the vicinity of the
> remains of the insulator (all inside now), with the idea of
> attaching another plastic insulator with sheet metal screws,
> how far do I dare drill into the case without hitting something
> vital or else providing a path for an eventual short to the
> windings? 1/2"? 1/4"?
You can go in a full inch, but you could also glue the insultor
to the outside of the case.
Richard Quick
... If all else fails... Throw another megavolt across it!
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