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Re: [Amps] Buzzing transformer

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Buzzing transformer
From: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:03:21 +1300
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On 27/09/16 09:24, David G4FTC <g4ftc@hotmail.com> wrote:
If the transformer is getting hot, and I mean so hot that it cannot be touched, 
then it could be a shorted turn on one of the windings - bad news as it means 
the transformer is effectively u/s.


If the transformer has a shorted winding, I expect it would go up in smoke in short order!

Any transformer can have a winding replaced - they were actually assembled that way.

S

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