Transformer Repair {Depotting} Lets Look Inside!

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• MR

  @MrCarlsonsLab · 3 years ago · pinned

  To learn more about electronics, in a different and very effective way, check out my Patreon page, click here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/MrCarlsonsLab">https://www.patreon.com/MrCarlsonsLab</a>

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• BO

  @boulder89984 · 6 years ago

  Who else is silently cheering for the old electronics to work like the day they were new?

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• MA

  @matthijshebly · 7 years ago

  This channel is like THE treasure trove for all things electronics...<br>Extremely thorough, all sorts of surprising gold nuggets of knowledge and craftiness.<br>Truly amazing!

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• TO

  @tommyinla · 5 years ago

  &quot;We&apos;ll take some random transformers...&quot;<br>So Optimus Prime... maybe Bumblebee...

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• SE

  @SeltsamerAttraktor · 8 years ago

  I&apos;d even watch you doing your dishes.

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• CO

  @cormackeenan8175 · 6 years ago

  Those thumps down are done by people with fat fingers, they where meant to be thumbs up.

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• AM

  @americanmultigenic · 8 years ago (edited)

  I must say, I was expecting some sort of morass of gooey steaming black tar from which the transformer would emerge dripping and oozing like a 50&apos;s, tentacled sci-fi movie monster. In the end . . . the thing kind of &quot;raised the white flag&quot; with hardly a shot fired! But seriously, &quot;thank you!&quot; . . . I really enjoyed seeing this.

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• TR

  @traditionaltools5080 · 4 years ago (edited)

  &quot;And this makes the chassis live.&quot; &nbsp;Yep. &nbsp;Just got hit with 1200V because the tech I was working with should have known this. &nbsp;I still can&apos;t convince him it&apos;s a thing.

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• JP

  @jp-um2fr · 8 years ago

  50 years ago I built a pair of Mullard 20W amps. I was given 2 large HT transformers &nbsp;and chokes. All 4 had been plastered with pitch, not potted. I cannot believe the makers had done this. I used a gas oven set to 10 F above the rough melting point of pitch. The tray each transformer was on almost overflowed. I eventually got everything in a reasonable state and the amps went on to do many years service. Paul, your videos are excellent, I just wish I knew one tenth of your knowledge.

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• NI

  @Ninjahat · 3 years ago

  Welcome to mr. Dedication&apos;s Lab! 😀

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• LW

  @lwilton · 8 years ago

  The traditional way to depot transformers was a hotplate on a variac. Worked just fine.

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• AR

  @aries13041 · 6 years ago

  10/10 for finding those caps!

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