Right. Same as the fish that are contaminated.
Taking apart a large transformer
Jan 03, 2005
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And as I pointed out, I don't know enough for "laminations and windings" to mean anything at that point in the discussion. My goal was to get him to slow down and wait for a little more input from others. You don't really have a problem with that, do you?
At what point in this thread did I claim to be an expert? Let's simplify:
1) OP says he has a transformer. His question contains clues which make sense to people who know more than I do about transformers. 2) People who know more than I do have not yet joined the discussion, at the moment when I posted my first comment. Matter of fact, mine was the first response to his question. 3) I suggested he investigate further, which the OP (and a few observers) thought was a fair suggestion. 4) A number of people decided it was a good day to hurl insults because that somehow distracts them from their little, tiny pee-pees and their powerless lives.Get it?
Send to: "Bob" Tent Site 118 Nick's Lake State Park Old Forge NY
ROFL!
At the very least, I will need to read a good book.
I see.
A resistor would lead to a lot of wasted energy, no?
Oh, I see.
I am going by memory, but you are right and the separator looks more like iron to me.
Interesting.
Wow, that would be interesting. I told my wife that I might make a welder out of that transformer, she displayed relatively little reaction.
In other words: the hypothesis is that the transformer is designed to saturate so that the output on the secondary winding is limited by that. If this hypothesis is true, then, I can weld using current from the small secondary winding.
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He doesn't need to "Slow Down", you need to keep up with the thread, and read what the OP stated in the first place, and COMPREHEND what he wrote. The rest of us certainly understood what he stated, and your whole PCB thing was just "Off the Wall" because it was obvious to the rest of the UNIVERSE, that he had a dry transformer..............
Me
Give the UNIVERSE a break, and stop with the "Tommyboy Beno" type replys. You just can't admit that you posted, before thinking, and the rest of the UNIVERSE, caught you at it, and commented.
Me
Mine was the 2nd post in the discussion, so there WAS no thread to keep up with. Is that clear, or do you need a diagram?
As far as comprehending what he wrote, if I knew enough to extrapolate from his description, I would not have asked my question. However, as it turned out, it seems there *are* some parts in his UPS that may require careful handling due to PCBs.
Correct.
No, there is no PCB in that UPS. The sealed capacitors do not contain PCB.
i
OK....but still.
It wouldn't have mattered WHAT I thought. Based on my slim knowledge of transformers, the information was enough enough for ME to know that his were not dangerous. Why is it such a problem for YOU that I suggested he be cautious for what.....4 hours until he knew a little more?
...or...."NOT enough" - excuse the typo.
Off in my chunk of the universe his reply seemed reasonable even if better replies came along later. OTOH, you have come across as an asshole and have provided no information of any use at all.
50 lbs? We have it by the bin full. Mostly #6 to 650 MCM. I beleive you would have to leave a bin and then pick it up full later to compete with the current scrapper.
You sure spent a lot of time trying to convince me you don't knwo what I am talking about...LOL
You obviously know nothing about scrap metals. The purity of the copper is not related to the price. It is the purity of the mix. Copper with anything mixed in with it or bonded to it is classed as "mixed copper". You may have to pay the scrapper to haul it away.
There
Uh huh.
yawn.
Harold
Maybe, if they are line voltage AC capacitors. If they are polarized, for DC or pulsed DC, with one terminal marked +positive and the other -negative, they are electrolytic capacitors, without PCBs.
Electrolytic capacitors have a conductive electrolyte in them, and if they leak they can cause a short. I had a television set damaged that way from a leaking electrolytic capacitor - ZAP!
CM
But still what???? You just can't get your mind around the issue that you posted comments that had NO Bearing on the OP's question........ No PCB's anywhere in the stated unit. The UNIVERSE knew this before the first reply post happened. Apparently you did not, but posted your lack of knowledge anyway......
Me
The OP is aware of something he knew less about before this thread. There is nothing wrong with knowledge.
In the 1980s, there was a cartoonist named Kliban, sort of a predecessor of Gary Larson (Far Side). In one of his cartoons, there's a Neanderthal sort of creature using a long stick to open a book from a distance, as if he's afraid it might bite him. Sounds like you.
I took apart a large transformer some time ago. I don't know if it contained any PCB. If it did, it was in solid form. The reason that I took it apart was that I couldn't get it to transform from the cyborg to the jet plane. :-)
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