X-ray transformer modifications

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Jim Stead
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Re: X-ray transformer modifications

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Hi Roberto,

Unfortunately, I have not used the transformer under a load yet.
I continue to "bounce" it occasionally, and have brought power up a few more times.
I'm happy with the way it came out, and I expect that it will work well.
If I was to do this again, the only thing I would do differently is to keep in under oil when I am not actively working on it.

Jim
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Re: X-ray transformer modifications

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Hi Jim

You mention that because you had problems with trapped air or just because that way to handle it left you with a unsafe feeling?

Roberto
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Re: X-ray transformer modifications

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I haven't had any problems with trapped air yet, but I'm also not operating it under a load or at the higher voltages it's capable of producing.

There wasn't any benefit to leaving it out of oil for as long as I did. I could have easily lowered back into the oil when I wasn't working on it.
That's what I'm recommending. I think it's a mistake to leave the coils exposed to air any longer than they need to be, since that could allow air, and moisture, to work their way deeper into the windings.
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