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Rubber covered wire on power transformers
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The power transformer on my 40-216 has rubber covered wire. It is currently intact (other rubber wire in the radio is falling apart). I'm sure, if disturbed, so would this wire! I also worry about the points where the wiring passes through the transformer shell. No shorts now, but ....?

I hesitate to attempt to repair it for fear of damaging the transformer. In other radios I have pulled the transformer and replaced the wiring by splicing onto the extant wires near the anchor point. I suppose I could also just apply spaghetti tubing and/or shrink tubing over the existing wires (might be a safer strategy).

What's the best strategy?

For the rest of the radio, I am only replacing rubber wiring that is damaged or is disturbed by other repairs (I try to keep the radio as original as possible).

Thanks!


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Rubber covered wire on power transformers - by davemc - 10-24-2007, 09:57 AM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 10-24-2007, 03:42 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 10-25-2007, 05:42 PM
Rubber covered wire on power transformers - by Guest - 10-25-2007, 07:03 PM
[No subject] - by Texasrocker - 10-25-2007, 11:39 PM



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