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Re: [Amps] transformer secondary winding resistance here we go again

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Subject: Re: [Amps] transformer secondary winding resistance here we go again
From: Steve Thompson <g8gsq@qsl.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:51:17 +0000
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On Tuesday 20 January 2004 18:20, RFlabnotes@aol.com wrote:
> Chuck:
>        The key to your statement is "...is capable of handling....",
> whatever that is supposed to mean. The basic fact is that if the secondary
> has R ohms of resistance, then with a load of I amperes it is going to
> produce, at a MINIMUM, a heat loss of I-squared-R watts................

And don't forget it's the rms value of current to use here. With a capacitor 
input supply, rms current can be several times the dc current so (Irms 
squared) can easily be 5x (Idc squared).

Steve
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