Hey there,
I've just started getting into electronics and before I go crazy on anything 'useful' I want to gain more understanding about the different parts, in particular, transformers.
I pulled apart an old clock radio and it had an AC transformer between the main circuit board and the mains plug. I salvaged it from the radio to experiment with it.
What's confused me is that is has 3 output wires. On the corresponding connections on the circuit board, two of the connections said "AC ~" and one said "AC 0".
The first thing I want to do it see what voltage it outputs, but I'm not sure how to wire it up.
If someone could point me in the right direction with the connections and if possible, explain where I would connect my multimeter probes to test the voltage.
By the way, if it helps, I'm in the UK, so my mains voltage is 240v @ 50Hz .
Cheers
I've just started getting into electronics and before I go crazy on anything 'useful' I want to gain more understanding about the different parts, in particular, transformers.
I pulled apart an old clock radio and it had an AC transformer between the main circuit board and the mains plug. I salvaged it from the radio to experiment with it.
What's confused me is that is has 3 output wires. On the corresponding connections on the circuit board, two of the connections said "AC ~" and one said "AC 0".
The first thing I want to do it see what voltage it outputs, but I'm not sure how to wire it up.
If someone could point me in the right direction with the connections and if possible, explain where I would connect my multimeter probes to test the voltage.
By the way, if it helps, I'm in the UK, so my mains voltage is 240v @ 50Hz .
Cheers