Hi Garry,Lamination disassembly is a daunting task (BTDT). But before you go tearing the xfmr apart, try to figure out the inductance. The DC resistance is not what you need to look at. It's the inductance which performs the current limiting (i.e., inductive ballast such as welders, variacs, etc..). If it's at least 20 mH, your in business as is. If you can get to the internal ribbon layers, you can attach wires which you can run to a tap to vary the inductance. Sure beats the alternative of tear down.
Regards, Bart garry neeley wrote:
It is not a typical 2 winding transformer. It has 1 winding with taps but its not wound with wire. It's wound with thick copper ribbon about 4-6 inches wide. It's a huge current type transformer. It just wouldn't cut it as is. Almost no dc resistance. On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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