[Boatanchors] Baking Transformers

[John Lawson]

   This is good info from someone who 'does this for a living' !  I 
certainly agree that if the tranny is genuinely wet, it's likely to short 
no matter what.

  That being said, I've used the "power" method on several units, one of 
which was actually dripping...  it was a large Stancor out of a piece of 
audio gear - 100 pri, 750-0-750 secondary plus 6.3 and 5V filaments - I 
started out at a very low level and managed to get it dry and happy - 
perhaps with more than my share of luck on that one!  hihi!

   "Your Milage May Vary" as They say....


Cheers

John KB6SCO




On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Gary wrote:

> With due respect to Johns post, I would not recommend this practice. Putting 
> voltage on a possibly wet transformer is just asking for trouble, no mater 
> how low the voltage is.
> Regards,
> Gary