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    Incidently, the worlds first domestic use of a SMPSU was in the Thorn 3000 colour TV about 1972 or so?.
    I remember the 3000 chassis. Now with a fond recollection, but at the time I hated it. More than 80% of the faults were P.S.U. faults, not so bad when you had your list of stock faults. (On paper or in your head no computers as such then).

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    Quote Originally Posted by rmn_tech View Post
    I remember the 3000 chassis. Now with a fond recollection, but at the time I hated it. More than 80% of the faults were P.S.U. faults, not so bad when you had your list of stock faults. (On paper or in your head no computers as such then).
    I loved it back then as well, I built a jig for repairing 3000 panels, and one for repairing Bush A823 panels as well - I've no idea how many panels I repaired over the years, but it was a LOT!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optikon View Post
    The physical size of a transformer is governed by its losses, not the power that is "transformed" from input to output. Losses typically consist of resistive, eddy current & core (magnetic). Controlling these in your design will determine your maximum power rating.
    Which is a nice theory. In practice, resistance and core losses go up as dimensions go down. And like every good law, there is an exception: At very high frequencies the resistance goes up again due to the skin effect.
    A typical "offline" switchmode converter will first rectify and smooth the line thus creating a high voltage DC. From there, a PWM method is used on a flyback transformer to generate the right output (typically)
    Flybacks are normally not used at high power. The reason is that you can get twice as much power through a core in a bridge topology.

    The http://www.ferroxcube.com/prod/assets/e22616.pdf can run around 100W flyback or 200W push-pull, and the http://www.ferroxcube.com/prod/assets/e641050.pdf can pass 3KW!

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    Sorry for my earlier reply, I must have been tired, and thought you needed a high current DC supply.

    I didn't read your question correctly and missed that you were after a high current AC supply.

    As already said by our other members, an autotransformer is lightest but the output is not galvanically separated from the mains supply.

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