15 May
2012
15 May
'12
11:41 a.m.
On May 14, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
Hmmm.. What do you call a high-votlage insulation tester? The sort of
instrument you'd use to check for leaks/breakdown in hose wiring (please
don't tell me you don't test such things over there)
I would strongly recommend 'meggering'
the transformer after giving it a
preliminary clean-up. If you've got insualtion troubles, it may not be
worth doing anything more with it.
[Does the term 'megger' mean anything across the Pond? Over here it's a
common term (actually a trade name that's become generic) for a
high-voltage insulation tester]
Not a term that I've heard of. Sounds like swearing to my ears. :-) replaced.
I don;'t know... Fans can be stripped, cleaned and rebuilt. May not be
worth it, it depends on how much time you have, and how much you want to
keep original. At least
I've cleaned out the mouse nests. That's a start, I guess.
A cat is quite useful to prevent re-infestation :-) ever have. If it weren't for the fact that
it's clearly because he's
scared to death of our other cat, he'd have had a date with a burlap
sack long ago. :-)
Err yes... I've been know n to say to muon (in totally the wrong kind of
voice, a grntle one) 'If you don't stop tripping me up when I'm carrying
a CRT, I am going to take you on a one way trip to the vet'. Of coruse I
am not, and no vet would euthenase a healthy cat anyway...
[ lest anyone think I am actually advocating cruelty
to animals, I am
not really suggesting such a thing; we do like our cats, and I'm sure
Ditto. I love having them aroudn me when I am fixing things...
our child will prove far more destructive than any cat
in time ]
-tony