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Re: repair

Tesla List wrote:
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> Maybe one of these days I'll take pictures and post them.
> 
> Chip
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> On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, RODERICK MAXWELL wrote:
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> > Tesla List wrote:
> > >
> > > Subscriber: major-at-vicksburg-dot-com Tue Jan 28 22:49:45 1997
> > > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 08:12:24 -0600
> > > From: RODERICK MAXWELL <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
> > > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > > Subject: Re: repair
> > >
> > > Tesla List wrote:
> > > >
> > > <SNIP>
> > > > burn your skin like napalm - "cooking" should only be attempted
> > > > outdoors. After trying it once, I'd opt for the freeze-and-chip or
> > > > dissolve-and-conquer methods! Also, only some transformers can be
> > > > rescued. If internal arcing has carbonized part of the secondary winding
> > > > itself, then that secondary winding cannot be saved. Since many times
> > > > only one-half of these go bad, it's often possible to save "good"
> > > > secondaries from two transformers of the same type to assemble one good
> > > > transformer from two defectives.
> > > >
> > > > Safe cookin', freezing, or dissolving to ya!
> > > >
> > > > -- Bert --
> > >
> > >   Has anyone ever tried to rewind the secondaries?
> > >
> > >                    Frankensteins Helper
> > >                            Max
> > >
> > > [ I have.  It was fun, but that's because I built the winder and had fun
> > > doing that.  I wouldn't recommend doing it.  It's extremely labor
> > > intensive.  You need to build a winder that has a turn counter on it and
> > > a power cross feed.  You cannot wind the 32 ga wire by hand and expect it
> > > to lay flat.  The power feed needs to have a reverse too.  I discovered
> > > that the hard way and had to put the reverse on it after I had made a
> > > lopsided coil of 10,500 turns. -- Chip]
> >
> >   I just thougt I'd ask!
> >


  I still think I'm going to give a shot though. What I'll do is use 28#
wire and shoot for lower voltage and higher current. I'll also remove a
couple of shunts from each side to increase current output. Using the
larger gauge wire to wind the secondaries should make things a lot
easier. I have a book on how to wind magnetic induction coils that
describes how to build a winder. It may take me a while to get it all
together but I think it will be worth it if you can salvage or repair
ALL of the transformers that you can beg, borrow, or steal!