Re: Self-built power transformer

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• Subject: Re: Self-built power transformer
• From: Mark E Finnis <mefinnis-at-medicine.adelaide.edu.au> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 19:04:27 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

At 16:03 29/09/98 -0600, Reinhard wrote:

>Here are some values I will build my xformer with:
>
>Input: 240V-at-50Hz
>Output: 15000V-at-500mA (7.5KVA)
>Primary: 124 turns of AWG 13 (middle leg)
>Secondary: 7792 turns of AWG 24 
>(This is total, I would ct it, so I would need 3896 turns per outer leg)
>Crosssectional area of the biggest leg: 2.87 inch^2

Confused through my lack of theory ........ AGAIN :-(

I seem to recall in the previous 'home-made transformer' thread, that
voltage step-up/down was related to the ratio of (turns^2).  The above
appears to be calculated on ratio turns.

Help from the 'learned ones' requested ;-)

Cheers,



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