[Milsurplus] Transformer Question Answered

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 20:26:46 -0600

Howard Mills has these xformers.. I know  I sold him about 4 2 years
ago..these were brand new and from the original manufacture..  mac/mc
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From: "aGEnuine ham" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Transformer Question Answered


> Group:
>
> How many other people have found the rubber washers under the ceramic
> terminals on sealed transformers shorted, or near short?  I got an
> otherwise good 51J4 that kept blowing AC fuses for near nothing, and
> discovered the hidden rubber under the ceramic on the power transformer
> terminals was the problem.  Low ohms to the case on the HV secondary and
> the rectifier filaments, and the AC input was kinda leaky also.  This
> receiver had never been turned off, so the continuous heat immersion may
> have been a significant contributor.  Anyway, picking out the rubber and
> replacing it with RTV seems to be a workable fix for the last 8 years.
>
> Now, does anyone have an output tranny for it to replace the universal
> that was installed by the previous owner, probably because of the same
> problem?
>
> 73,
> George
> W5VPQ
>
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