[Lowfer] A bit of a problem with trimmer caps

[Bill Ashlock]

Hi Mike,

>How about mounting the trimmer cap in a sealed enclosure filled with
>vegetable oil???

Like that idea! It might work just to soak the cap with the oil and figure 
enough of it will remain in contact with the plates to prevent the oxide 
from forming.

Here's an update: After giving the cap about 15 hours of a dry environment 
inside the house, and then tightening and loosening the set screw a few 
times while tapping on the case, I re-installed the final with the solid 
state relay connected. The current is back up to what it originally was, so 
this gives the solid state relay a clean bill of health but sure points the 
finger at the trimmer. Now I'm beginning to wonder how much of the sagging 
current on the big loop with damp conditions relates to the trimmer and not 
to the wet ground under the loop. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Why don't I just fill the whole enclosure with oil? It's only 8 cu inches in 
size. The trimmer adjustment is on the top so that would not be an obstacle.

Thanks Mike.

Bill





_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*  
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail