Hi fellas. Anyone know what's in power transformers? .....my understanding is just iron and copper wires along with the aluminum shell. The reason I ask is because I ordered one from the USA going to canada and it was sent for further processing at the border 4 business days ago and I'm worried maybe there's something in them that's not allowed to be imported into my country?
The transformer should be fine, should clear in a few days. Think of it from their perspective... "this thing is heavy, has a bunch of wires coming off of it, and I don't know what it is...better check into it"
Probably delayed by the long weekend and the whole weight/wires thing. I've ordered transformers from the US to Canada twice and they cleared both times after a few days. You might be assessed some duty in the end. As Tom Petty said: "The waiiiiting is the hardest part ..." :)
Okay. Thanks guys
Serching for Weapons of Mass Distortion, McMasterCarr won't ship garolite (turretboard) to Canada since 911 unless you were a long standing customer.
In the last 2 weeks I've had 2 packages that were stuck at "Sent for processing" ordering internationally into Canada for a lot longer than normal. Both arrived fine, and weren't even inspected by CBSA. I think they're just working through a backlog.
Specifically though, Richmond BC is horrible, and every time something goes through there it adds at least a week to the delivery time (if not more).
Transformers are unpredictable. You dont know what theyre gonna do! One minute, providing alternate voltage, next, providing ALTERNATE voltage.
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Quote from: davent on October 17, 2014, 07:03:59 PM
Serching for Weapons of Mass Distortion, McMasterCarr won't ship garolite (turretboard) to Canada since 911 unless you were a long standing customer.
I didn't know that McMaster Carr has garolite! You sir, are a wealth of knowledge! :)
Black, Blue, Tan and Natural, they also have/(had?) a suitable red material but off hand i can't recall the designator. Believe it's this one, GPO3?...
http://www.mcmaster.com/#grade-g-10/fr4-garolite/=u777eo
http://www.mcmaster.com/#electrical-grade-fiberglass-(gpo3)/=u779bz
dave