[sdiy] power transformer help requested

[Jason Proctor]

thanks for the response.

under normal circumstances i'd just pay the premium for a real 
replacement, but it seems like all of Waldorf's stuff went down the 
u-bend in the bankruptcy :-(

has anyone been through the custom-xfer process with a mfr and can 
perchance offer a recommendo?

thanks


At 2:03 AM +0100 5/21/10, Graham Atkins wrote:
>These may not be the sort of secondary voltages that you would buy 
>"off-the-shelf" as it sounds like it has
>separate secondaries. This would probably be made to order for 
>Waldorf. There was a time when you
>could buy transformer "kits" where you had the coil former and 
>rolled your own windings, but I haven't
>seen any for years now. Your best bet would be to approach a 
>transformer manufacturer and ask them
>to make you a special. They have all the winding machinery, bobbins 
>etc to make one-offs easily. It may
>not cost all that much, particularly compared to paying a premium 
>for a manufacturers "spare" part.
>
>Graham
>
>On 21 May 2010, at 01:30, Jason Proctor wrote:
>
>>humbly request guidance in my forlorn search for a replacement 
>>power xfer for my rev A Microwave 1.
>>
>>the machine needs 16vac at around 500ma and 9vac at around 2A.
>>
>>is this conventionally termed a "triple" ? despite blowing up a 
>>power xfer recently i'm still not where i want to be on xfer 
>>knowledge.
>>
>>thanks all
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