Hi guys,
I am looking for a high quality, very low noise toroidal mains transformer. Input volatge 230V, 600-800VA with 2 x 38V secondaries. Does anyone know of supliers in the UK, the company that I was using before has unfortunately shut-down.
Thanks for your help.
I am looking for a high quality, very low noise toroidal mains transformer. Input volatge 230V, 600-800VA with 2 x 38V secondaries. Does anyone know of supliers in the UK, the company that I was using before has unfortunately shut-down.
Thanks for your help.
If you can go to 35 or 40 volt windings, the ones from Farnell are fine and reasonably priced. If you are having a physical noise problem maybe you have rubbish mains quality and need to use a DC filter before your transformer.
UK toroids have always been the best.
My Abfav. : http://www.airlinktransformers.com
They look as mouthwatering as the old Holden&Fisher's.
If you ever see a guy with a trenchcoat in front of a UK toroid window display : its me.
If you ever desire cheap : www.rockna-line.com/toroids.htm
My Abfav. : http://www.airlinktransformers.com
They look as mouthwatering as the old Holden&Fisher's.
If you ever see a guy with a trenchcoat in front of a UK toroid window display : its me.
If you ever desire cheap : www.rockna-line.com/toroids.htm
I have just been informed that i am a B.A.
Can someone please remove my garbage talk on airlink transformers?
Can someone please remove my garbage talk on airlink transformers?
Airlink's prices are good if you want 2 or more, but £30 delivery looks a bit steep. 
Farnell and RS Components have decent ranges and I think both carry the fully-potted ones.
Farnell and RS Components have decent ranges and I think both carry the fully-potted ones.
jacco vermeulen said:
Why ????
There's nothing more rewarding than having all the B's and M's loading off BS!!!!😀
( Being a B.S myself............... )😉
jacco - On what grounds were airlink your abfav, and why have you changed your mind?
I was thinking of buying a batch of toroids from them for some chipamps.
I was thinking of buying a batch of toroids from them for some chipamps.
I got the info from an diyaudio member and was thinking of crossing to aquire a set of custom toroids, prices for custom orders are quite favorable at Airlink.
Right after posting on this thread our Danish expert, who had participated in an Airlink gb, informed me they are not audio quality. My mistake.
Right after posting on this thread our Danish expert, who had participated in an Airlink gb, informed me they are not audio quality. My mistake.
Why is it so hard even in an industrialized country to buy decent stuff???
Schuro has nice stuff with electrostatic screening and and magnetic shielding! But won't do business with just anyone 😉
Schuro has nice stuff with electrostatic screening and and magnetic shielding! But won't do business with just anyone 😉
Bas Horneman said:
It isn't hard to find decent stuff, the problem is that people think they can have good quality for about half the price of good quality.
Magura🙂
Maybe those people are right. You can buy a good quality transformer from Schuro for less than a lower quality in the Netherlands.
Remember quality is in the eye of the beholder. And I consider an electrostatic screen to be part and parcel of a good transformer..a magnetic screen is nice but not essential.
Where are the good quality toroïdal transformers available for an individual? (Off the shelf?) Just 10 addresses in the UK and 10 in the Netherlands will be ok.😉 Probably a very easy task in these trillion dollar economies.
Bas Horneman said:
As I have never had a need for looking across the border of Denmark, I can't help you there, but if you find it hard to find a manufacturer who can make what you want, take a look at these two:
Trafotek (Denmark)
TransElectro (also in Denmark)
Both are able to make pretty much whatever you want, and to whatever quality standard you'd like.
I spent quite a bit of time asking around for the 1KVA 2*18V group buy last year, and found that a number of trafo manufacturers (even without looking outside Denmark) can and will make pretty much anything you could imagine. The problem is that most people can't understand that they are not buying an off the shelf product, and that the price reflects that.
That people can't understand that a trafo for their specific application does not exist off the shelf, and that a custom trafo is at least 3 times as expensive, unfortunately have made many manufacturers reluctant to spending time on average Joe, but if you make it clear when taking contact to the respective company that you actually have understood that, you will find that a lot of doors are wide open for you.
Magura 🙂
Bas Horneman said:
Bas,
i jabbed Hans Eckehard Rother's head off for hours and hours in his Schuro storage last year.
World politics, coffee, fags, the works, also had lengthy email exchanges with him.
Surely, if he'll do business with a fool like me who harasses anyone in the audio world, anyone goes !
(i have been buying Schuro and Thel stuff from back when they advertised in "klang&Ton" , not on the net, could make a tiny difference.
I wonder if anyone on diyaudio ever built the Holger Stein hybrid class A with PCC88/IRFP240/IRFP9240 featured in K&T in the early 90s ?)
I have 1800va toroids from TBS in Zwaag(Hoorn), seem pretty good.
Hi Jacco,
Aha! That makes all the difference in the world I think!
Plus I suppose you speak the language?
Unfortunately they don't accept credit cards.....
Regards,
Bas
So I maintain that is impossible to buy the quality I want conveniently in the Netherlands without resorting to custom transformer work (this side of the Atlantic ocean)
PS..and apparently not in the UK either.
Aha! That makes all the difference in the world I think!
Plus I suppose you speak the language?
Unfortunately they don't accept credit cards.....
Regards,
Bas
So I maintain that is impossible to buy the quality I want conveniently in the Netherlands without resorting to custom transformer work (this side of the Atlantic ocean)
PS..and apparently not in the UK either.
I'm a lingua-dict.
(Hans Eckehard and i are about the same age, share some general views, most probably why both him and me enjoyed talking that long)
If i were that pleased with the local grocery store, i would not be checking the neighbors lawn. If you ever get the 10 adresses i'd like them too, please.
And thank you for investing so much of your time in this forum.
(i wish i could delete my posts like you guys do )
(Hans Eckehard and i are about the same age, share some general views, most probably why both him and me enjoyed talking that long)
If i were that pleased with the local grocery store, i would not be checking the neighbors lawn. If you ever get the 10 adresses i'd like them too, please.
And thank you for investing so much of your time in this forum.
(i wish i could delete my posts like you guys do
)
You are welcome, and it is my pleasure. 🙂
Thank you as well for all your time invested in this forum!
Will do.
😉
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