Don, I suspect they may not be very wet if they haven't been in contact with water or condensation. I bought a CVM-5 that had been in an outside shed that was hit by a tornado. It was rusted, there was a roof over it but hardly any walls left. Any driven rain would have gotten on it, and it was in high humidity.(Alabama) But since they are so rare, I bought it anyway.
Upon checking, it had about 1-2 megs to ground. If I'd needed in then, I'd probably tried it at that level. One meg. per 1,000 volts used to be the rule. But I put it in my basement Ham Shack in Alabama and it set there in the dry for about a year. I kept checking it and it steadly was going up. When I was ready to use it, for my HB 810's x 810's it read infinity! No heat, not anything but a dry heated and cooled basement! They should be checked with a megger though, It applies a DC voltage usually 500, or 1,000 volts. Most electricians, or any motor shop has these. GL Gary WB8BEM/8 > > Ok, I know this has been covered here before, but is there a > consensus on how to get the moisture out of HV plate transformers and > chokes, so they won't arc on me. And before everyone jumps in with > the > quick > "just put it in an oven on xxx degrees for yy hours", I am working > with > the > iron from a Broadcast transmitter, specifically, the Gates BC-1G so > these > things are 100, 150 lbs each, and my XYL would REALLY not like it if > I > tried > to put them in her fancy oven. They have been sitting in an > un-conditioned > but dry hanger/garage for several years, so I am certain they have > soaked up > a good deal of moisture over that time. > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > Don - W8HRQ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
