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Old 14th Jan 2019, 7:40 am   #68
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Default Re: 1938 Murphy A56V television restoration

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Originally Posted by mark pirate View Post
I use an old slow cooker, works a treat!
That's a good idea But I suppose it really depends on your slow cooker.

Earlier in the thread I mentioned I hit on the idea of using a slow cooker to bake the transformers (EHT and Mains) prior to reassembly.

But, I tested the temperature to ensure it never got hot enough to melt the wax in the transformers, as that's obviously that's something I didn't want to happen. I found the slow cooker over about 8 hours never got hot enough to do that (the temperature regulation isn't perfect, and it gets a bit too hot after about 8 hours).

Due to that finding it didn't occur to me to use a slow cooker.

But, it is obvious from your statement that different slow cookers have different temperatures!

Like everything, this is really a question of trial and error, finding something close at hand that works.

Tealights and slow-cookers so far. Anyway found a third solution?

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Phillip
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