[AMRadio] Re: 500 Transformer

[Donald Chester]

Be careful about using a gas-fired oven to dry out the transformers.  Water 
is a by-product of gas combustion, and the air will carry plenty of water 
vapour.  Better to use an electric stove oven.

If you are in no hurry, bring the transformer into a dry, heated room and 
store it there over the winter season.  By the time you start cutting off 
the heat in the spring, the transformer should be well dried out.  It is 
more effective to let the moisture gradually evaporate from the guts of the 
transformer, just as it gradually condensed there when the transformer was 
in a moist environment, and there will be less likelihood of abnormally hot 
temperature causing deterioration of the insulation.

Don K4KYV

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