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> Now maybe you can tell everyone why you can put any old b-flat GTO in
>greenfield and not have problems when the ones you mentioned that others did
>failed.
Transformer wires: short & to the middle of the load. No sharp edges.
Transformers: 9k max outside (humidity), 12k max inside, underloaded (80%
max of trafo short-circuit, as determined w/ meter, never by chart)
Typical failed GTO scenario: 15k trafo with two miles of GTO to distant
hookup points, OR simply a 15k trafo with a failed neon unit, left to buzz
for a few days or weeks...
Less typical but still seen:
Lack of conduit, so hot leads penetrate sharp metal edge of
transformer or letter cans, & fry there.
PK-type housings w/o strain-relief bushings, causing arc to start
when already-stripped GTO is too close to metal.
> If you can sum that up in as few words you get the cut to the chase
>award.
Well? Am I contender?
-Ted