[BC] Transformer conditioning

[Alan Alsobrook]

I knew what Clive was referring to when he said it. Many stations here
in Florida who lost power for several days in the high humidity that
follows a tropical event incurred many problems getting our transmitters
back on line once the power was restored. In my case the method I used
was to crank the AC way down for some time to lower the humidity.
At one station I got in a hurry and tried to bring the transmitter back
on line after only 4 hours of dry time. While I didn't lose a
transformer, I did blow out a rectifier stack and have a capacitor arc
over across the insulator. The other failures may have saved the
transformer since they allowed for a couple days of additional drying
time before the HV was applied again.

Dave Dunsmoor wrote:
> Very good post. It all makes good sense now that I know what you're
> referring to. In all my years caring for these beasts, I've replaced one HV
> transformer and one choke, never had any problems, never considered that I
> might. Glad I didn't.

-- 
Alan Alsobrook CSRE CBNT
St. Augustine Fl. 32086 904-829-8885
aalso at Bellsouth.net