At 15:57 -0400 11/1/11, Charles E. Fox wrote: >At 02:04 PM 01/11/2011, you wrote: > >>On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Charles E. Fox <[email protected]> wrote: >>> -- Many years ago when I did TV repairs we used to apply stuff called >>> corona dope. Try Radio Shack. >> >>Interesting suggestion. I did a little more searching and read that >>sometimes flyback transformers can crack from overheating or aging. >>If the internal high voltage is creating a corona/plasma since it is >>exposed to air, does it mean that my transformer is still OK? I am >>guessing if there was internal shorting, that the part would already >>have gone bad. Does the corona dope need to seep into the transformer >>to fill voids or do I just need to seal the cracked surface of the >>transformer? >> >>Thanks, >>tt >> >>-- I haven't had occasion to use this stuff in fifty years, but don't >>think you will harm anything by applying it in the area where the corona is >>visable and letting it dry before powering up. >>
Neat pictures. It really helps to open the dark one in something that allows you to play with colors and contrast. But I don't have any answers and it's not a cracked solder joint. Those coils, inside, are probably would with metal foil that looks a lot like the aluminum sticky tape that comes in a roll. It's conceivable that one turn is sparling to its neighbor and somehow the light is getting piped to the top where it gets out. But through the opaque plastic covering? The red paste looks like GE Glyptal, a paint like product that is found in laboratories and used for the likes of repairing small vacuum leaks and high voltage insulation. I wouldn't expect to find it on a new flyback coil especially in a hand painted blob. Someone else may have been bothered by the sparks. I'm staring at an SE analog board from which I have stolen parts. Flyback in a case like the picture 157-0042A TAI-HO Taiwan 08730 visible on the coil near C13. Colorado Springs. CO USA 80919. Want to try it out? I seriously doubt that I'll ever get around to using it. -- --> From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. <-- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
