>
>Uwe is right.
>
>I lived in Moscow 2 1/2 years and Budapest 4 years and managed to cook the
>original plate transformer in a Henry 2K during a contest, even with a fan
>running on it. It grunted a LOT. Replaced it with a heavily rated Peter
>Dahl xfmr and no problems. The voltages will be ok, it's just that the
>cores
>tend to saturate if you draw a lot of current from the xfmr. Limit your
>current and you should be OK.
>
/\ The I^2R heating in 60-Hz transformers that are operated on 50Hz
comes primarily from the primary. The two fixes are: reduce the primary
v. proportionately. or add turns to the primary. Decreasing the
secondary current will not make much difference in heating.
>
later, Mike
>
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