I have trafo that was pulled from a working environment. Unfortunately, I have forgot to mark which wire is in and which wire is out. Is there any danger in trying to connect one side and measure the output on the other side? I know the specs on the trafo so this way I could determine which side is which.
Here is a picture of this trafo: picture
Weird thing is that thicker wire is soldered to a thinner wound wire and on the other side is the other way around (thinner wire soldered to thicker wound wire).
Thanks.
Here is a picture of this trafo: picture
Weird thing is that thicker wire is soldered to a thinner wound wire and on the other side is the other way around (thinner wire soldered to thicker wound wire).
Thanks.
But it can be and vice versa (secondary will be the Higher resistance and primary will be lower resistance)!!! And this case is possible and is found in practice.
To achieve a fair test would be to have an auto-transformer or adjustable power transformer. Then check the thickness of the transformer windings and charged with auto-transformer on all those windings so current density of no more than 3A/mm2. Measure the voltage applied to the winding when current density reached those 3A/mmp. Perform this test for each winding and note voltages. These are voltage transformer windings.
Problem is that I do not have adjustable power transformer. All I have is a DMM.
The trafo was pulled from a power adapter for Verizon DSL box.
Can you confirm that the trafo does have separate Primary and Secondary.
It looks like a standard trafo.
There are two wires going in and two wires going out. This is AC to AC so I do not even have to worry about polarity on the input, correct?
Thanks for reminding me! I do have one that I built for my gainclone but somehow I have completely forgot about it. Time to put it to use again.
Two wires only. There are only two terminals where the wire can be soldered to.
That's impossible.
A transformer by definition must have more than two wires.
Unless you are talking about pairs of terminals.
There must be two connections for the primary (110V) and at least one for the secondary (if it is indeed an auto-transformer) but more usually two, three or more for the secondary.
A transformer by definition must have more than two wires.
Unless you are talking about pairs of terminals.
There must be two connections for the primary (110V) and at least one for the secondary (if it is indeed an auto-transformer) but more usually two, three or more for the secondary.
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