Where to buy HT toroids ?

[Jan Dupont]

Hi all,
Looking for a good place to buy HT toriods (with or without fillament secondaries) for my Aikido preamp project.
Specs:
Primary: 230VAC
HT Secondary: 210 to 250VAC
Thanks in advance 😉

 

[Stixx]

This is what comes to my mind:

http://www.tube-town.net/ttstore/product_info.php/info/p2192_Ringkern-Netztrafo-30VA-Preamp.html

http://ampdesign.de/Trafos.htm has toroids but mostly for poweramps...

and then www.askjanfirst.de has a custom winding service for toroids...

 

[Shoog]

A toroidal is a poor choice for HT because it will let all the line crud into your preamp. EI transformers choke off that same crud so are a better option. Unless you have a very specific reason for using a toroid then I advise dropping the idea.

Piltron make good HT torodials.

Shoog

 

[Jan Dupont]

My mistake

Please insert "transformer" instead of "toroid" 😉 It was fault 40 .....
I very well know that it should be an EI.

Stixx;
Thanks for the links 😉

 

[Colt45]

Any old isolation trafo should work.. 230:230, for shavers and things that need isolation.

 

[Stixx]

Stixx, thanks for the links😉

You're welcome!

For EI transformers the choice is much bigger...

again www.askjanfirst.de
or www.reinhöfer.de (both very good reputation)
or http://www.ae-europe.nl/

but there must be tons of others...Lundahl, Sowther, Hammond etc.
On Eeehbay you will find a lot of used transformers out of old radios that should be suitable for a pre.

 

[Jan Dupont]

Thanks again 😉

 

[hotbottle]

By 2 of any cheap low voltage transformer - say, something with 12V secondaries.

Then connect them back to back (i.e. 12volt winding to 12 volt winding). The whole setup then makes a 230 to 230 V transformer.

or

buy one, but run it backwards, feeding the 12Vac 'primary' from a cheap ac plug pack power supply. You can rectify/regulate/drop the 12vac directly for heater supplies as well.

 

[flyinglemur]

If you can ship it, Merrimack Transformers in Ireland will wind for you.

http://www.merrimack.ie/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2335194201_e632ee9be9.jpg?v=0

middle transformer.

That's where mine was done, but i guess shipping to denmark could be painful!!

 

[Jan Dupont]

Thanks hotbottle and Psychobiker 😉

 

[flyinglemur]

On another note - I was in Kirke Hyllinge not so long ago!!

L

 

[Jan Dupont]

Thats a very nice area
App. 40 km. from where I live.
😉

 

[flyinglemur]

I remember the Danes being into their audio, surely transformers aren't impossible to find there! Went rowing in Ejby 😛

 

[Jan Dupont]

HT transformers for this use isn't our business here in Denmark
But we make some pretty good speakers 😀
Rowing on the sea (Inderbredning) ?

 

[flyinglemur]

Jamo, B&O, nuff said!

 

[Jan Dupont]

Speaker units (Dynaudio and others) 😉