Before wasting time on this, de-rivetting the step up transformer mounting
etc.
Input side measures 5Mohm, HV output side 12.7R, but looks like a standard
mains transformer.
Would this be a purpose wound transformer or an off the shelf mains
transformer that could be replaced with similar, if so what sort of voltages
and which way round ?


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N_Cook wrote:
Before wasting time on this, de-rivetting the step up transformer mounting
etc.
Input side measures 5Mohm, HV output side 12.7R, but looks like a standard
mains transformer.


Shouldn't that be the other way round?


Would this be a purpose wound transformer or an off the shelf mains
transformer that could be replaced with similar, if so what sort of voltages
and which way round ?

They might have just used a low volts to mains tranny the 'wrong way round'

Ron

Ron Johnson wrote in message
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N_Cook wrote:
Before wasting time on this, de-rivetting the step up transformer
mounting
etc.
Input side measures 5Mohm, HV output side 12.7R, but looks like a
standard
mains transformer.


Shouldn't that be the other way round?


Would this be a purpose wound transformer or an off the shelf mains
transformer that could be replaced with similar, if so what sort of
voltages
and which way round ?

They might have just used a low volts to mains tranny the 'wrong way
round'

Ron


5M indicating a break associated with damp air getting in there.

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N_Cook wrote:


Before wasting time on this, de-rivetting the step up transformer
mounting etc.
Input side measures 5Mohm, HV output side 12.7R, but looks like a
standard mains transformer.
Would this be a purpose wound transformer or an off the shelf mains
transformer that could be replaced with similar, if so what sort of
voltages and which way round ?

In the ones I built I used a standard car ignition coil ! 12 volt
battery and 1 pulse per second into it !

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Baron.

Baron wrote in message
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N_Cook wrote:


Before wasting time on this, de-rivetting the step up transformer
mounting etc.
Input side measures 5Mohm, HV output side 12.7R, but looks like a
standard mains transformer.
Would this be a purpose wound transformer or an off the shelf mains
transformer that could be replaced with similar, if so what sort of
voltages and which way round ?

In the ones I built I used a standard car ignition coil ! 12 volt
battery and 1 pulse per second into it !

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Best Regards:
Baron.


As I cannot see how the high current side of a mains transformer could fail
I drilled out the rivets.
If originally a mains transformer, looks like one , it had primary 0.4mm
wire and secondary 0.9mm wire. 0.9mm wire has failed .
For a , by size , 50W transformer I make that 24V, 2 amp if for a 240V
transformer.
Vs = (Vp/2) * (Dp/Ds)^2 , Is = P / Vs
Fence output voltage not stated on the label. 9 seriesed 0.22 nF (no V
stated) across the output and also 4.7K, 1W dropper to 2 seriously blackened
neons in series - any guesses what that indicates as an idea of o/p voltage
?
No obvious visible reason for failure of 0.9mm wire, I would expect the
0.4mm wire to fail.

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47K not 4.7K dropper

Well I would not have believed it unless personally witnessed.
As the o/c must be on the outer layer of the transformer, I stripped off the
cloth tape. There is indication that damp air has got in this unit but not
flooding or internal drips. But in the middle of this outer layer, with no
sign of corrosion or damp under the tape , generally, there is one spot of
blue green corrossion and a small break in the 0.9mm wire.
Maybe a spot of acidic something at that point on assembly and then years of
damp air. Bridging the break gives resistance of the winding of about 0.2
ohm.
Powering on a variac, could not take higher than 150V (saturating) so
assuming it is 110V transformer ( or problem on the original pimary ) output
read 4.7V ac , no load, for 110V ac input.


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N_Cook wrote:

Well I would not have believed it unless personally witnessed.
As the o/c must be on the outer layer of the transformer, I stripped
off the cloth tape. There is indication that damp air has got in this
unit but not flooding or internal drips. But in the middle of this
outer layer, with no sign of corrosion or damp under the tape ,
generally, there is one spot of blue green corrossion and a small
break in the 0.9mm wire. Maybe a spot of acidic something at that
point on assembly and then years of damp air.

I have seen that type of failure in several instances, not just on
transformer windings ! PCB traces as well. I belive that acid flux has
been used locally and spattered during soldering. Possibly onto the
tape and then transfered to the wire.

Bridging the break gives
resistance of the winding of about 0.2 ohm.
Powering on a variac, could not take higher than 150V (saturating) so
assuming it is 110V transformer ( or problem on the original pimary )
output read 4.7V ac , no load, for 110V ac input.

I'm a little surprised that it could be a 110V Txf... Or is it a unit
made in the USA ?

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Baron.