The way I read this, you have no knowledge of electronics but you're proposing
an experiment on a T32's high voltage circuit with unproven, possibly damaging
techniques. I've heard of using shellac on windings but not school glue. What
happens when you cycle the T32 a few times and the school glue reaches 150 F?
I know the stuff is not flammable but there's no reason to assume that Elmer's
glue has been designed to withstand temperature cycling inside a transformer,
right? I think white glue is mostly gelatin and water. My guess, having
taken only one semester of materials engineering and 2 semesters of college
chem, is that it would breakdown under heat, the water would come out of
suspension, and run all over the inside of the flash, a gluey sludge. If the
foot has a crack, it might run into the shoe socket, into the pentaprism area
of a 1 or 2 before the owner notices it. If you don't have expertise on a
technical topic, why would you propose a technical solution, t!
hen ask if it makes sense, technically speaking? Am I missing something?
All the best,
Lama
> ----- Original Message -----
> Or just for fun, you might try this experiment (I've been thinking of trying
> it,
> but noisy transformers are getting pretty rare....) -- thin some white
> school
> glue a bit and squirt it into the windings under the tape and let it dry. I
> wouldn't use a solvent-based glue since it might dissolve the insulation of
> the
> windings -- OK, electrical-types, is that a valid concern/suggestion?
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