Re: Rebuilding an OBIT / saturation

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Original poster: "Jochen Kronjaeger by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Kronjaeg-at-Stud-Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE>


> Power = volts x amps.
> More (volts x amps) = more (turns x amps).
> Flux = turns x amps.

That's not true for the loaded case, as you write yourself below!

As the flux is the same under load and no-load conditions, hence
independent of the secondary current draw, I still don't see why it should
limit power... 

> Since the induced primary flux and the secondary flux always cancel each
other,
> the total flux at no load is therefore approximately the same as the
total flux
> at full load and hence the power capability of the transformer is set by the
> flux which can be set up in the core under no load conditions!  Strange, but
> true.

  Jochen

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