09-05-2014, 08:04 AM
>>>Why they need to get an inverter involved for a 110 to 12 volt AC power supply is beyond me...
Because it is small, so it can output more amps at less size. High frequency is the key word.
>>being China built it's almost guaranteed to be trash can bound,
Not true, most manufacturing today is in China, Foxconn who builds for Apple certainly does not build trash, or Huawei, or....depends on whom they build for. And where do you think all those dimmers and GFCI outlets made? I haven't had many failed.
>>>the fact that it does not even have a manufacturer's name tells you something.
No...it does not. But the fact that it has a name (SET02B) that made it in a white paper means I could likely trace it if I wanted to. But even if I do not.....cheap stuff is cheap stuff and it serves its purpose.
I am not even sure why we are discussing "Chinese vs non-Chinese" when many traditional transformers of a good quality (have two output ones in my radios) are made in China today, but this was not the point.
The point was, a High Frequency Transformer CANNOT be used for bucking purposes with 60Hz MAINS transformer, and this is what was communicated to Ccomer by Mondial and myself, so when you said "At $2.54, and free shipping, you could buy one and find out", why even say that, when it is not going to work anyway, Chinese or Red Blooded American?
Because it is small, so it can output more amps at less size. High frequency is the key word.
>>being China built it's almost guaranteed to be trash can bound,
Not true, most manufacturing today is in China, Foxconn who builds for Apple certainly does not build trash, or Huawei, or....depends on whom they build for. And where do you think all those dimmers and GFCI outlets made? I haven't had many failed.
>>>the fact that it does not even have a manufacturer's name tells you something.
No...it does not. But the fact that it has a name (SET02B) that made it in a white paper means I could likely trace it if I wanted to. But even if I do not.....cheap stuff is cheap stuff and it serves its purpose.
I am not even sure why we are discussing "Chinese vs non-Chinese" when many traditional transformers of a good quality (have two output ones in my radios) are made in China today, but this was not the point.
The point was, a High Frequency Transformer CANNOT be used for bucking purposes with 60Hz MAINS transformer, and this is what was communicated to Ccomer by Mondial and myself, so when you said "At $2.54, and free shipping, you could buy one and find out", why even say that, when it is not going to work anyway, Chinese or Red Blooded American?
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