Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
Hi Dennis: If it is some kind of epoxy, then acetone dissolves it better then MEK. Cured epoxy resins, like moulded parts, can be exposed to MEK... and show "fair" resistance. (MEK will eventually
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
MEK is really nasty stuff and a precursor to methamphetamine, from what I understand.? A funny but horrifying story about MEK came from a coworker.? Seems a coworker of his years ago wanted some of
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Jim Ford
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
Please include me in the list as "JF" since I meet the above qualification as, not identified by full name and some limitation. I'll send you and email now so you know who I am. Thank you sir.
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nonIonizing EMF
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
If the heat gun can melt epoxy resins, it may be hot enough to melt other plastics - like the insulation on wires (unless it's Teflon or silicone - which it may be in an HV supply). There are quite a
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stevenhorii
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
Breaking down epoxies at room temperature has often come up here and in the hpagilent group. My standard answer is Dimethylformamide, but other solvents can do it too. It's a messy process and some
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Ed Breya
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
It is also extremely smelly. Work outdoors or with fume exraction, or at least seriously good ventilation. EJP
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EJP
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
Folks, a surprising number of you have asked to be included in a group purchase of the sets of four boards for this tester that Jared Cabot developed. I'm keeping a list of those who committed to the
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Larry McDavid
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Re: Grid Bias Adjustment on 475A
So I've measured everything EXCEPT the high voltage levels (waiting on an HV probe). R1396 and R1399 feed the second grid on pin #8, the schematic says they should see +50 V, and I measured +50 V
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Jeff Dutky
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
You can try MEK, methyl ethyl keytone. It will dissolve a lot of epoxies. Be careful to not dissolve other things. 73 Glenn WB4UIV
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Glenn Little
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Re: Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
A heat gun is often the method for removing the potting, but care must be taken since some of the potting compounds get very toxic with heat. Is there a model number on the dead supply? Vince.
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Vince Vielhaber
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
I am also interested in a set of boards. Ed Pavlovic KC9MMM
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Ed Pavlovic
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Slightly OT: How can I dissolve Potting Compound?
I need to dissolve the black HV potting compound of a 12VDC powered Helium-Neon laser inverter power supply I have that stopped working. I would appreciate any suggestions on what works to do this.
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Dennis Tillman W7pF
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Re: Peter Keller's Book Mailing Status
If he does that with the same account the money was sent, paypal will likely turn around and charge him fees for each F&F transaction. It's happened to me. Vince. -- K8ZW
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Vince Vielhaber
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Re: Peter Keller's Book Mailing Status
So, you're not using paypal/shipnow interfaced to pitney bowes?
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John Griessen <john@...>
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Re: Tek 475 scopes.
I am trying to maintain my father's 475 and I might be interested in buying them. I am in Montgomery County, Maryland (ZIP 20901), where are you located? How much are you asking? -- Jeff Dutky
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Jeff Dutky
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Re: A question from the unwashed relative to: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
Out of about 30 TM 500 power frames I have had 7 that had misphased AC windings in at least one slot, no sign of any post-factory work in them. Failed pass transistors are pretty common. I have not
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Mac Perkins
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Tek 475 scopes.
Hi, I have two 475 scopes. One is almost working as of a few years ago, but the trace brightness knob broke off some years ago. I haven't been using it. A friend of mine bought a 475 for parts, its a
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michael leonard tilse
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Re: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
It isn't necessary. Several of the existing tests exercise the pass transistors in various ways. EJP
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EJP
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Re: Grid Bias Adjustment on 475A
Nice. It completely matches (except for the limitation to transistors or (other) active networks) the grid bias term as used in a 'scope: the most negative level of the (first) grid, causing blanking
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Raymond Domp Frank
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Re: A question from the unwashed relative to: I built a TM500 mainframe tester, and updated the design. Someone might find this useful?
No. It just caused a large hum at low output levels. I fixed it. I'm sure it was done at the factory. Hard to believe it could have been done during a repair: why? The FG504 manual mentions all this
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EJP
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