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[AMPS] SB220 Xformer labodomy

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Subject: [AMPS] SB220 Xformer labodomy
From: amps@txrx.demon.co.uk (Steve Thompson)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:18:25 +0000
In message <19990218225337.AAA20049@[209.239.238.103]>, Rich Measures
<measures@vc.net> writes
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>>I have a very noisy SB220 power transformer that sounds like a bad
>>florescent ballast. Other than being noisy, the amp works fine. 
>
>?  Such transformers are normally potted in tar.   However, you could 
>have one with a potting void.  .  On my Web site, a simple method of 
>potting transformers with polyester laminating resin is described.  The 
>transformer needs to be removed in order to do the potting.  The screws 
>that hold the laminations together need to be tightened before potting.  
>
>-  later, Len

Yacht varnish appears to work well. We submerged the tfr for 24hrs and
let it dry for a week or so.

Steve

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