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[Amps] SB-220 Transformer Problem

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Subject: [Amps] SB-220 Transformer Problem
From: 2@mail.vcnet.com (Richard)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:19:25 -0800
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>Richard wrote:
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>> >> I would phone Peter W. Dahl and order a custom replacement with a tapped
>> >> secondary in lieu of a tapped primary since it makes for a more efficient
>> >> transformer design.
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>Rich,
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>Why is a tapped secondary better than a tapped primary?
>
More efficient use of the space for winding -- i.e., Heath's method of 
reducing HV by adding turns to the primaries required that thinner wire 
be used, which added R.  
-   Mo' R is not mo' betta.  


cheers, Gary

-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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