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monkeytree · 24th August 2005, 08:06 AM

i have a toroidal transformer the first pic is the diagram on th transformer and the second is what i think i soulhd do to get P=230v S=50v-0v-50v is that correct?

Sebi · 24th August 2005, 08:09 AM

Oznog · 24th August 2005, 09:59 AM

The dots are important. Those taps have a direction relative to the other taps. If you screw it up on the output side you get nothing, but if you screw it up on the input side the inductances cancel each other out and it acts as a short circuit. Test with a fuse.

SkinnyBoy · 24th August 2005, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oznog

If you screw it up on the output side you get nothing, but if you screw it up on the input side the inductances cancel each other out and it acts as a short circuit. Test with a fuse.

been there, done that...

lol, no fuse either, transformer was only on for 2 seconds...

she'll be right.. lol

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24th August 2005, 09:59 AM	(permalink)
Oznog	The dots are important. Those taps have a direction relative to the other taps. If you screw it up on the output side you get nothing, but if you screw it up on the input side the inductances cancel each other out and it acts as a short circuit. Test with a fuse. __________________ I thought what I'd do was I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.