By itself, that doesn't tell us much; North America is full of 12-0-12 volt power transfomers designed to run on 120 VAC, and that might very well be what you have.
Do you have some other reason to believe what you have is an audio output transformer, and not a mains power transformer, such as labels saying "speaker" on it, or anything of that sort?
-Gnobuddy
Probably not a line matching transformer either - unless the center tap was also accompanied by a 70% (and perhaps 35%) tap(s).
Is the DC resistance really high? What gauge is the wire? Maybe some sort of interstate or driver transformer if it’s really fine wire (lots of volts/turns, low current). A 12 volt power trafo would probably have at least 22 or 24 ga. Wire on the 12V winding. Bigger if it’s expected to put out more than 2 or 3 amps.
Is the DC resistance really high? What gauge is the wire? Maybe some sort of interstate or driver transformer if it’s really fine wire (lots of volts/turns, low current). A 12 volt power trafo would probably have at least 22 or 24 ga. Wire on the 12V winding. Bigger if it’s expected to put out more than 2 or 3 amps.
A proper OT must be bought anyway.
Like Enzo says: "when I see hoof prints on the snow, I think horses, not zebras"
I would add:"even less unicorns"
makes me think of random power transformers, not OTs.
Like Enzo says: "when I see hoof prints on the snow, I think horses, not zebras"
I would add:"even less unicorns"
You being in Argentina, I'm surprised you don't think "Llamas" first! 😀
There are a couple of farms not far from where I live here in south-west BC that raise llamas. One farm has quite a few llamas, and sells llama milk and cheese. The other farm has just a few llamas, and uses them as guard animals to protect the other animals (sheep and goats). Apparently llamas are very good at chasing off small predators like coyotes.
Those llamas are among the most alert animals I've ever seen, that's for sure. They would stand around in the grass with a flock of sheep and goats grazing around them. All the sheep and goats would have their heads down in the grass, but all the llamas held their heads high, keeping a watchful eye on every car driving past, and every person walking past. I used to walk past that farm, and those llamas gave me the stink-eye every single time. The message was very clear - cross that fence, and you will pay dearly for your impertinence!
-Gnobuddy
He's in the city by the sea. Llamas live in the hills far inland. It would be like you thinking "Polar Bear" in your (sub)urban neighborhood.
Here, I _do_ expect bears (but brown). Or white, but not bear (see attached). And I do have Llamas on my street, but they stay in their fence.
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That would be Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, the suburban neighbourhood where polar bears come to visit all too frequently: 'If it gets me, it gets me': the town where residents live alongside polar bears | World news | The Guardian
I've never been there, and it's not on my must-see list of Canadian destinations. Residents of Churchill are made of stronger stuff than I am. 🙂
-Gnobuddy
Oh, thanks 🙂
We do have llamas, no doubt, but then think Indians high up the Andes mountains, meaning 4500 feet above sea level and higher.
The Gaucho instead is inseparable from his horse
Both Gauchos (earliest Spanish settlers) and their horses came together, by sea, for over 500 years now.
Yes, some 130 years before the Mayflower set sail towards America.
Not forgetting that since they came from just liberated Spain (freed from Arab domination after 700 years struggle) , horse breed was the best Arab kind.
And to boot, since first expeditions were Military (Conquistadores), horses were also best Military could get.
Such good quality horses that later the impossible became possible, 21,500 km trip from Buenos Aires to New York in 1925:
Gato & Mancha - Heroes of the Pampa
Notice these horses were not Ranch bred but wild ones, freely roaming the Pampas after escaping from Spanish military duty.
We do have llamas, no doubt, but then think Indians high up the Andes mountains, meaning 4500 feet above sea level and higher.
The Gaucho instead is inseparable from his horse
Both Gauchos (earliest Spanish settlers) and their horses came together, by sea, for over 500 years now.
Yes, some 130 years before the Mayflower set sail towards America.
Not forgetting that since they came from just liberated Spain (freed from Arab domination after 700 years struggle) , horse breed was the best Arab kind.
And to boot, since first expeditions were Military (Conquistadores), horses were also best Military could get.
Such good quality horses that later the impossible became possible, 21,500 km trip from Buenos Aires to New York in 1925:
Gato & Mancha - Heroes of the Pampa
Notice these horses were not Ranch bred but wild ones, freely roaming the Pampas after escaping from Spanish military duty.
My sister made it up there, said the beluga whales were beautiful. They raise their young in the Churchill River.
Incredibly, starving polar bears are now trying to kill beluga whales for food in and around Hudson Bay, including Churchill: Sorry we could not find the page you were looking for. | Daily Mail Online
-Gnobuddy
One group were observed patiently waiting on a rock till the beluga come by and pounce. Hopefully others find a food source to get them to winter.