[Milsurplus] Rheostat Repair

[Richard Solomon]

There was a fellow selling Parasitic
Suppressor kits a while back.
The kit included Flux and Solder for the
Nichrome Ribbon/Wire.
Perhaps someone has some left over
from back then.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 7:31 AM Robert P. Meadows <rpmeadow at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

> Nichrome is the alloy I do believe from dim memory… spot weld it or buy a
> new part
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> R
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> *From:* milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net <
> milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf Of *Ray Fantini via
> Milsurplus
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 13, 2024 10:23 AM
> *To:* milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* [Milsurplus] Rheostat Repair
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> Don’t know, maybe smarter people can tell me how but think the wire that’s
> used is something like the stuff they use on heater elements so it can not
> be soldered, if somehow you were able to get a couple turns un-wound maybe
> you can just tie them together but looks to me as far as the power pot is
> concerned, its game over!
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> How are you doing the entire T-202 mess? The original circuit for 800
> cycles had that pot (R-201) and all those weird power compensation
> capacitors switches and all that stuff. I did separate filament
> transformers for all the tubes except for the weird 2.5 volts for the 843
> and a separate huge 10 amp transformer for the ten volts for the 803, used
> the power stat or whatever you call those huge wire wound pots just on the
> AC primary of the ten volt 803 supply, the good thing if you got to replace
> it you don’t have to get an exact match, just something that fits in the
> same hole.
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> Ray F/KA3EKH
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