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27th Mar 2008, 1:59 pm | #1 |
Triode
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Woking, Surrey, UK.
Posts: 34
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Wax Coating
I have wax coated HT choke covered in the usual muck. Does anyone have a bright ideas on how to clean it up?
Could it be as simple as dunking it in a pot of molten beeswax? |
27th Mar 2008, 5:22 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Lynton, N. Devon, UK.
Posts: 7,087
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Re: Wax Coating
Paraffin or white spirit will work.
The usual transformer wax, although soft, has a surprisingly high melting point. Dunking in beeswax, (expensive!) or candle wax, will result in a mixture which may melf at a lower temperature. |
27th Mar 2008, 8:12 pm | #3 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK.
Posts: 2,087
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Re: Wax Coating
Have you tried the trick of wiping it with a piece of paper towel sprayed with WD40? I did that to some old waxed paper capacitors so I could read the values.
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