by "Phil Allison" <philallison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM
"Fred Jones"
> I nicked the 1 inch gold foil strip that runs down one side
> of a brand new PT
** It ain't gold - it's copper.
> .. Have I done any damage ?
** Only cosmetic.
> I ohmed various pri/sec leads coming on the xformer
> and I didn't find any that connected to it.
** It is there as a magnetic shunt - ie it reduces the hum field near
the
tranny.
It is a shorted turn wound *around* a transformer in the same orientation
as the windings, but always remaining outside the lamination stack.
...... Phil
