Degaussing a Warrior

Denny wrote:

WIth the flux meter and a Color TV degausser coil, you should be able
to cure it... Even a compass will help you pick out the magnetized
areas in the engine compartment for giving the buzz treatment... The
key to using the degausser is to buzz the part and keep the power on
while you withdraw the coil, not put the coil against it and just turn
the power on and off...

How about a tape eraser? Would be easier to get into tight places...

Yes, a bulk tape eraser will work.

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
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Denny wrote:

How about a tape eraser? Would be easier to get into tight places...

I strongly doubt a tape degausser will do you much good.
Likewise a color-TV coil.

You need a lot of field strength to clean [really, re-randomize..]
structual steel. You also need to be able to get that field where
it's needed.

Tapes and TV sets are orders of magnitude more subtle than the
results of a strike.

But feel free to try; just get the compasses well away before you
start.
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A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

It doesn't matter how intense the strike was. The metal can only hold a
certain magnetic flux. If you exceed the metals maximum flux then the
degausser will work. The TV degausser was designed to degause iron and
steel, and so it can exceed the maximum magnetic flux of steel. It should
work fine. You can also use an AC motor as a degausser, and a small compass
as a field detector.

The Navy still has a number of degaussing stations in operation. If you can
just convince them to let you park your plane on the deck...

"David Lesher" wrote in message
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I strongly doubt a tape degausser will do you much good.
Likewise a color-TV coil.

You need a lot of field strength to clean [really, re-randomize..]
structual steel. You also need to be able to get that field where
it's needed.

Tapes and TV sets are orders of magnitude more subtle than the
results of a strike.

But feel free to try; just get the compasses well away before you
start.
--
A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

"soxinbox" wrote in message
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It doesn't matter how intense the strike was. The metal can only hold a
certain magnetic flux. If you exceed the metals maximum flux then the
degausser will work. The TV degausser was designed to degause iron and
steel, and so it can exceed the maximum magnetic flux of steel. It should
work fine. You can also use an AC motor as a degausser, and a small
compass as a field detector.
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I'm really curious. How does one go about using "an AC motor as a
degausser"? Not doubting - would like to know something about the technique
for doing that.

DL

An AC motor works by rotating an AC magnetic field around a rotor, thus any
AC motor is generating an AC magnetic field. You can use it to degauss
something by placing the energized motor close to the object and slowly
pulling the motor away. Basically this is how all degaussing equipment
works, only some equipment decreases the field electronically, and some
decreases the field by increasing the distance from the object.

"DL" wrote in message
k.net...
"soxinbox" wrote in message
.. .
It doesn't matter how intense the strike was. The metal can only hold a
certain magnetic flux. If you exceed the metals maximum flux then the
degausser will work. The TV degausser was designed to degause iron and
steel, and so it can exceed the maximum magnetic flux of steel. It should
work fine. You can also use an AC motor as a degausser, and a small
compass as a field detector.
- snip -

I'm really curious. How does one go about using "an AC motor as a
degausser"? Not doubting - would like to know something about the
technique for doing that.

DL