Hi It's a rare filament transformer that does not have fairly substantial voltage ratings on the secondary. They rated them so you could directly heat rectifiers off of them. That could / would put the full high voltage winding onto the filaments.
Bob On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:02 PM, Jim Lux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On 7/6/13 5:26 PM, Mark C. Stephens wrote: >> The elephant in the room thing with me is SAFETY :) >> I mean, can this be a fire hazard, what about the insulation breakdown on >> the secondary winding etc.. >> > > > Most transformers have a voltage rating on ALL windings that is greater than > several times the line voltage (e.g. 600V), and most undergo some sort of > HiPot test as well, at several kV. > > If you're ripping the transformer out of some value engineered low cost piece > of gear (like a $20 sprinkler timer), you might be worried about the LV > winding. But anything sold as a standalone transformer. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
