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201x power transformer
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01-24-2010, 08:29 AM
If having too high voltages on the secondary is your concern then why not use a bucking transformer to reduce primary voltage? A 12v or 24v job could knock your line voltage down to 113 or 111v.
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_2/chpt_9/5.html
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Terry
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
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201x power transformer - by garyh1 - 01-23-2010, 05:08 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by garyh1 - 01-23-2010, 09:56 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by 7estatdef - 01-24-2010, 08:29 AM
Re: 201x power transformer - by Alan Douglas - 01-24-2010, 02:49 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by garyh1 - 01-24-2010, 04:22 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by codefox1 - 01-24-2010, 04:30 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by garyh1 - 01-24-2010, 05:36 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by codefox1 - 01-24-2010, 06:07 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by garyh1 - 01-24-2010, 06:39 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by 7estatdef - 01-24-2010, 08:48 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by Ron Ramirez - 01-25-2010, 08:36 AM
Re: 201x power transformer - by garyh1 - 01-25-2010, 03:28 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by Ron Ramirez - 01-25-2010, 04:00 PM
Re: 201x power transformer - by garyh1 - 01-25-2010, 05:49 PM



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