RE: PDT (Pig) failure modes

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Dave,

"We" really want to know what failed and why!!  Perhaps it would be eaiser
if I sent you a "saw's-all" :-)))  But let's think on ways to find what
went wrong here...  If it's just a pile of scrap metal... why not unwind
the %&^!%&^ thing by hand to find the failure....  If "perfect" windings
arced over, "we" be bad ;-))  If a defect became apparent, "they" be
bad....  Considering the rarity and expense of these things failing, it's
not a big deal...

Cheers,

	Terry


At 11:00 PM 9/19/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Terry,
>Surely you jest!....Wait, you're serious--you're willing to pay for the
>shipping. ... You are a dedicated failure analysis man!
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>I should reiterate something: The primary took a few hits running at about 4
>kVA without the center safety gap electrode being connected to
>ground--alligator clip failure (Should I send you the clip? ;]) I'm guessing
>this was the cause, or at least the final catalyst for what was impending
>failure.
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>Let me think about this. An analysis could yield valuable data for the
>group, but to be frank, pulling the core again and wrapping that sloppy mess
>up for shipping is not a job I anticipate with relish.
>Dave
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>Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
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>Hi Dave,
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>We really "should" find the "cause" of the failure!  We live a thousand
>miles apart but I would be happy to pay the cost of wrapping and shipping
>the core if needed.  It is probably some stupid manufacturing defect but
>what the heck....
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>If you don't want to rip the thing to shreads, "I" do :o)))))))  I know it
>is a big mess but maybe we can get something going...  We need to see if we
>can dig into this failure more if possible...
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>Cheers,
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>	Terry
>	terrellf-at-qwest-dot-net
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