Transformer identification

Harry Bissell harrybissell at prodigy.net
Sat Aug 14 23:35:13 CEST 1999


All "really thin windings" and lots of them suggests a transformer not wound
for 120VAC... maybe it is some kind of interstage transformer intended for
(easy Paul...) TUBES !!!  :^) Harry

Ingo Debus wrote:

> The Dark force of dance wrote:
> > Yup that sound furry muff. That's basically how I do it. But then you get
> > these weird telecom  transformers. Relatively huge heavy things rated at
> > 300mA? Now we can assume that they're seriously over engineered but what
> > seems to be the case is that they have huge cores and lots of wire, but
> > it's all really thin windings.
>
> Maybe these are transformers that don't need a low current fuse on the
> primary side, they are safe enough with the 16A which is there anyway.
> Here those transformers are often used for doorbells.
>
> Ingo




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