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Old 10-03-2015, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm View Post
Ah, yes - the translucent "natural" colored coil forms that failed - not to be confused with the pigmented white and yellow ones. Miller made the replacements - for themselves and Zenith. Miller used white for themselves, and yellow for Zenith.



Admiral addressed the natural nylon problem in some of their tall chroma coils and transformers - they would break up at the base - we always assumed it was from getting too hot, but they said otherwise - the nylon simply dried out - constant heat and low humidity was the problem.



Funny how Zenith moved from phenolic and fiber coil forms to avoid the seizing problems that plague those materials, and created another more serious problem...


My cool forms are all white plastic. Am I in the clear?
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