E F Johnson Question - Need parts

Charles W. Morehouse w4gbw at BELLSOUTH.NET
Sat Jan 27 13:39:07 EST 2007


Hi Folks,
Don't mean to knock any transformer rewinders but have bought several 
form Peter Dahl.
Yes they are costly but you get what you pay for.  They use the finest 
materials including
silver plated teflon wire and silver plated silicone wire for the HV 
leads.  His transformers will be going a hundred years after we are dust.
My two cents.  73.
Wayne,
W4GBW

Glen Zook wrote:

>Failure of T-2 seems to be relatively common in the
>Valiant.  At least I have seen 4 or 5 of the
>transmitters with this transformer having failed.
>
>Peter Dahl out in El Paso can do the work (may even
>have a replacement transformer ready to go).  Also,
>there are a couple of others around the country that
>can rewind the transformer.
>
>Glen, K9STH
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>--- "hudlerb1 at netzero.com" <hudlerb1 at NETZERO.COM>
>wrote:
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>I've got a pretty nice Valiant I, but it needs
>repairing. Some idiot put a 20 amp NO BLOW fuse in the
>primary of T2 and of course it is SMOKED. I think I'll
>have a rough time replacing this item, what do you
>folks suggest? Is some one able to rewind the thing or
>just keep poking around for one that is being parted
>out. I think this is a common problem, so the
>remaining parts are going to be scarce and expensive.
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>Glen, K9STH
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>Website:  http://k9sth.com
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