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| allanchrister:
Thanks for all the guidance guys, but as it appears to be a mains transformer, and as I tested the various connections with a multimeter, and got absolutely no readings that I could interpret, I put the transformer back in the dumpster!!! As someone on another forum said, better to lose a free transformer than pay for a funeral!! Allan |
| andyf:
That's probably a wise move, Allan. But a real scavenger like me would have dismantled it, unwound all the copper wire, rewound it on to a bobbin and stashed it away somewhere, never to be touched again :) I do sometimes use old core laminations as thickish shims, though. Andy |
| jim:
--- Quote from: allanchrister on June 28, 2011, 04:23:39 AM ---Thanks for all the guidance guys, but as it appears to be a mains transformer, and as I tested the various connections with a multimeter, and got absolutely no readings that I could interpret, I put the transformer back in the dumpster!!! As someone on another forum said, better to lose a free transformer than pay for a funeral!! Allan --- End quote --- I've been there too!!! |
| allanchrister:
I guess we're all the same. I did dump a lot of it but did save some of the core laminations for shims and the copper wire bobbin. Never can tell when they will come in useful. Probably never, but who knows?? Scavenger and a pack rat.... |
| jim:
i once salvaged a transformer to replace a bust one in a small tv. it worked ok, but it was about twice the size! the magnetic field generated by the new transformer made the picture do funny things!!!!! |
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